FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2016
POSSESSION USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
ANATOMY
PAPER III
ANT/D/16/02/III
Time 3 hours
Max. Marks 100
Important instructions:
• Attempt all questions in order.
• Each question carries 10 marks.
• Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
• Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
• Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space.
• Answer all the parts of a single question together.
• Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
• Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.
Write short notes on:
1. Lymph nodes in the neck along with their afferent and
efferents.
Radical neck dissection in carcinoma tongue.
7+3
2. Typical intercostal space.
Give the anatomical basis of intercostal nerve block.
What are its possible complications?

3. Boundaries, contents and applied anatomy of middle ear.

4. Nasopharynx with reference to:
Walls
Openings
Lymphoid tissue
Clinical importance

5. Pleural recesses and their clinical importance.
5+5
6. Anatomical basis of referred visceral pain with examples.
10
7. Relations, innervations and applied anatomy of parotid
gland.

8. Supination and pronation
Extensor expansion of middle finger.
6+4
9. Relations, tributaries and drainage of cavernous sinus.

10. Location, structure, function and applied importance of the
valves of the heart.