A head-on collision results in a 47 year old female being pi…

A head-on collision results in a 47 year old female being pinned in a car.  This crush injury results in multiple vertebral column fractures and spinal cord swelling.  As a result of the spinal cord swelling, which structure is compressed between the dura and the vertebral bodies?

A 56 year old male, with a history of osteoarthritis, presen…

A 56 year old male, with a history of osteoarthritis, presents to the emergency department after vomiting up blood.  An EGD (esophagogastroduodenoscopy or scope of the esophagus, stomach and part of the duodenum) demonstrates a bleeding ulcer at the greater curvature of the stomach.  Of the following, which artery was most likely involved?

A 67 year old male complains of a painful, itchy rash on his…

A 67 year old male complains of a painful, itchy rash on his right chest.  Exam reveals vesicles (fluid-filled, raised lesions) in a line extending from just lateral to the nipple to the mid-clavicular line.  If this man has Shingles, which dermatome has been affected?