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1.MC foot bone fractured after a fall from a height.

2.MC hip dislocation..ant./post.?

3.site for melanin formation.

4.which vit.deficiency is seen with pheochromocytoma?.

5.pregnant woman is a beer drinker.Does she need folic acid suppl.?
1.talus
2.ant
3.skin and substantia nigra
4.biotin
5.no
1. is it talus or calcaneus?
1. calcaneum??
2. posteriror (anteriroly ligamnets protect)
3. also Iris?
4. vit c due to increased catecholamine formation
5. yes she needs it
Thanks for answering & goodluck!!

ANSWERS:
1.MC foot bone fractured after a fall from a height.
--calcaneus.

2.MC hip dislocation..ant./post.?
--posterior.

3.site for melanin formation.
--Melanin pigment is produced in a specific cell type called the melanocyte, which is found in the skin, hair follicles, iris and retinal pigment epithelium of the eye.

4.which vit.deficiency is seen with pheochromocytoma?.
--vit.C,because ascorbic acid converts dopamine into norepinephrine.

5.pregnant woman is a beer drinker.Does she need folic acid suppl.?
-yes.Because,beer increases loss of folate in urine.