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True/False Clinical Correlate II - Lower Extremity and Thorax
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1. Transatlantic flights and video games may lead to pulmonary embolism.
2. Bursitis may occur at the knee or hip joint.
3. The genicular anastomosis provides collateral circulation across the ankle joint.
4. The malleolar anastomosis provides collateral circulation across the hip joint.
5. The suprapatellar bursa, but not the prepatellar bursa, is a diverticulum of the synovial cavity of the knee.
6. The blood supply to lung tissue is by the pulmonary veins.
7. The blood supply to lung tissue is by the bronchial veins.
8. Enlarged pulmonary nodes my compress structures at the hilum of the lung (be careful).
9. Bronchial arteries to the left lung are derived from the descending aorta.
10. A pulmonary embolism may raise right ventricular pressure.
11. Bradycardia paired with chest pain may indicate a vagal nerve disturbance triggered by the sinuatrial node.
12. A build up of fluid in the pericardial cavity may compress the heart and decrease filling of the heart chambers.
13. Pericardical centesis is performed at the right side of the xiphoid process.
14. The sternochondral joints, but not the costochondral joints, are synovial.
15. The costotransverse joints, but not the costovertebral joints, are synovial.
16. The esophagus may become compressed at the right main bronchus.
17. The costophrenic angle refers to a topography of the costodiaphragmatic recess.