Gross Anatomy USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A resident physician is demonstrating the correct technique for inserting a subclavian central venous line. He has a medical student palpate the clavicle, then the chest wall below it. The first bony structure that can be palpated below the inferior margin of the medial portion of the clavicle is which of the following?
Answer choices
- AAcromion
- BSecond ribCorrect answer
- CManubrium
- DAtlas
- EFirst rib
- FSternal notch
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