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Emergency Medicine Test Prep

Category - Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma

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In abdominal trauma all of the following are most commonly injured abdominal vessels except?
  1. Aortic arch
  2. Aorta
  3. Superior mesenteric artery (SMA),
  4. Iliac arteries
Explanation
Answer: A - Aorta, superior mesenteric artery, iliac artery are the arteries located in the abdomen while arch of aorta is a branch of aorta located in the thorax so arch of aorta will be injured in thoracic trauma while the other three arteries given in the questions are present in the abdomen so they all are commonly injured in abdominal trauma.
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