Foundational Sciences

31 free practice questions shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.

Practise theseOne at a time, in a random order, with the explanation after each.

A 27-year-old man had an intercostal catheter inserted through the fifth intercostal space in the midaxillary line after a crush injury to the chest. Two weeks…

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A 68-year-old man has become breathless over three weeks. He is examined sitting upright, and the right side of his chest expands less than the left. Bedside ul…

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A 52-year-old woman has had two months of numbness over the right forehead, the right upper eyelid and the tip of her nose, with a gritty feeling in the right e…

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A 44-year-old man has had 18 months of worsening hearing on the left with constant ringing in that ear. He still follows conversation in a quiet room but cannot…

Anatomy · Foundations · middle twist

A 58-year-old man has sudden vertigo and a hoarse voice, and chokes when he drinks. The palate elevates to the right and there is no gag response when the left…

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A 27-year-old man was struck on the head at football a week ago. He now sees two images, one above the other, worst when reading or going down stairs. The verti…

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A 19-year-old man sustains a closed fracture of the right tibial shaft in a football tackle. The leg was grossly angulated at the scene and was straightened bef…

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A 68-year-old woman is reviewed six weeks after a right hip replacement performed through a lateral approach. She walks with her trunk lurching to the right. Wh…

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A 52-year-old woman has six months of tingling in the right thumb, index and middle fingers, worst at night and relieved by shaking the hand. The muscle bulk at…

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A 45-year-old storeman has three weeks of neck pain radiating into the right arm. Pushing a heavy door open with that arm is weak, and so is bending the wrist f…

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A 44-year-old cabinetmaker develops an ache in the upper right forearm over several weeks and then finds he cannot straighten his fingers. On examination he can…

Anatomy · Foundations · middle twist