Gross Anatomy USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
Because she is too weak to go to the cafeteria, a 93-year-old nursing-home resident on a liquid diet is fed in bed. She refuses to sit up, so the aide has to feed her while she is lying on her back. Halfway through the feeding, the patient aspirates the liquid and subsequently develops pneumonia. Which of the following is the most likely site of this pneumonia?
Answer choices
- AInferior lingular segment of the left upper lobe
- BLateral segment of the right middle lobe
- CSuperior lingular segment of the left upper lobe
- DApical segment of the right lower lobeCorrect answer
- EAnterior segment of the right upper lobe
- FPosterior segment of the left lower lobe
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