UPSC Medical Science 2024

Describe the radial nerve under the following headings: (i) Origin and course (ii) Branches and muscles supplied (iii) Applied aspects Describe the development of ventricles of th…

A middle-aged female notices a lump in the midline of the neck. She notices it moves with swallowing. The surgeon gives a tentative diagnosis of goitre. Describe the thyroid gland…

Describe the uterus under the following headings: (i) Gross anatomy (ii) Ligaments and supports (iii) Relations of uterus (iv) Blood supply (v) Lymphatic drainage (vi) Applied asp…

Describe the facial nerve under the following headings: 1. Functional columns and nuclei of origin 2. Course and branches 3. Bell's palsy Differentiate between indirect and direct…

Discuss the antiviral spectrum and therapeutic uses of acyclovir. Doxorubicin is an antibiotic. Enumerate its role in cancer chemotherapy and its adverse effects. What is hypersen…

Describe the microscopic features of breast cancer. Enumerate any five major prognostic factors. Enumerate any five differences between primary tuberculosis and secondary tubercul…

Define death due to hanging. What are the probable causes of death in hanging? What are the findings in a case of judicial hanging? A 55-year-old female presented with haematemesi…

What is enteric fever? What are its causative agents? Give a detailed presentation of a case according to the time of the disease and the respective tests used for diagnosis. Draw…

(a) Discuss in short the role of a Chest X-ray in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. (10 marks) (b) Describe the clinical features for diagnosing a case of Depression. (10 m…

(a) (i) Discuss in short about the different modalities used in the diagnosis of Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. (10 marks) (ii) Describe the clinical features of malabsorption synd…

(a) Describe the clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of Kala-azar. 20 marks (b) What are the types of vaccines currently in use against Pneumococcus organisms ? State the N…

(a) A sixty-year-old male develops central chest pain while walking uphill. The pain is squeezing in character, radiating to left arm, that relieves on taking rest. Discuss in sho…

(a) (i) Enlist conditions having an increased risk of malignant disease in bone and cartilage. (ii) Briefly mention classification of bone tumours. 5+5=10 (b) A 55-year-old male p…

(a) (i) A 22-year-old Unbooked Primigravida at 38 weeks of gestation presents to Emergency with labour pains. How would you evaluate the patient for obstetric triaging and further…

(a) A 50-year-old male presented with a 3 cm nodule in the left lobe of thyroid gland with a hard left cervical lymph node. Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) from the thyroid…

(a) (i) What are the different types of epidemiological studies? (ii) What are the possible sources of control in case-control studies? (iii) List the advantages of case-control s…