Most Repeated FCPS Part 2 Plastic Surgery MCQs by Subject

The subjects that carry the most weight in FCPS Part 2 Plastic Surgery — Hand & Upper Extremity, Aesthetic Surgery, Head & Neck — with sample MCQs for each.

FCPS Part 2 Plastic Surgery draws heavily on Hand and Upper Extremity, Aesthetic Surgery, and Head and Neck Surgery — the three largest subjects in the bank by question count. Below is a sample across the highest-weight areas.

Hand and Upper Extremity

1. In a flexor tendon injury, Zone II ("no man's land") lies between:

A) The A1 pulley and the distal palmar crease
B) The distal palmar crease and the insertion of FDS ✅
C) The wrist crease and the A1 pulley
D) The DIP joint and the fingertip

Aesthetic Surgery

2. In rhytidectomy (facelift), the SMAS layer is continuous superiorly with which structure?

A) Temporoparietal fascia ✅
B) Deep temporal fascia
C) Galea aponeurotica
D) Parotid capsule

Head and Neck Surgery

3. A prominent ear deformity is most commonly caused by underdevelopment of which structure?

A) Conchal bowl
B) Antihelical fold ✅
C) Tragus
D) Lobule

Burns and Trauma

4. Using the Rule of Nines, the total body surface area assigned to one entire lower limb in an adult is:

A) 9%
B) 18% ✅
C) 13.5%
D) 27%

Breast Surgery

5. The TRAM flap used in breast reconstruction is based on which muscle?

A) Latissimus dorsi
B) External oblique
C) Rectus abdominis ✅
D) Serratus anterior

Fundamentals and Basics

6. A surgical incision planned parallel to the natural lines of skin tension, to minimize scarring, follows what are classically known as:

A) Kocher's lines
B) Langer's lines ✅
C) Blaschko's lines
D) Steri-lines

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