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Chapter 4 Flashcards

1
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Total hand, wrist, finger bones

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27

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Digits

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14, # starts from thumb (1), index (2), etc

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3
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Radius side

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Side with thumb

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4
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Ulnar side

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Pinky side

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5
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Singularly digits called

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phalanx- head, body, base

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Metacarpal

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Bones of palm (5)- head, body, base

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7
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Carpals

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8 wrist bones

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8
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Steve left the party to take Carol home

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scaphoid
lunate
triquetrum
pisiform
trapezium
trapezoid
capitate
hamate
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9
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Scaphoid

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Navicular, most fractured, articulates with radius

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10
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Lunate

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Semilunate, articulates with radius

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11
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Triquetrum

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Cuniform, articulates with pisiform

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12
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Pisiform

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Smallest carpal bone, articulates with triquetrum

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13
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Trapezium

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Greater Multtangular

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14
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Trapezoid

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Lesser multangular

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15
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Capitate

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Largest carpal bone- OS magnum

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16
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Hamate

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Uncifor- hook like process called hamulus

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17
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IP

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Interphalangeal Joints

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18
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DIP

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Distal interphalangeal joints

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19
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PIP

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Proximal Interphalangeal Joints

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20
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MCP

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Metacarpophalangeal Joint

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21
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CMC

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Carpometacarpal Joints

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22
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Radius

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Thumb side, shorter of 2 forearm bones. Turns the wrist.

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23
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Styloid Process

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Projections on distal ends of radius and ulna

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24
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Ulnar Notch

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Medial side of radius. Head of ulna fits into this notch.

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25
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Head of radius

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proximal end of radius

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26
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Ulna

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Pinky side, formation of the elbow joint

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27
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Pointy process of proximal ulna

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Olecranon, Coronoid

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28
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Coronoid tubercle

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Process on medial side

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29
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Trochlear Notch

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articulates with distal end of humerus

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30
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Radial Notch

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depression on lateral ulna

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31
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humeral condyle

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distal end of humerus

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32
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trochlea

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articulates with ulna, shaped like a pulley

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33
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Capitulum

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articulates with head of radius

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34
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Lateral epicondyles

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small projection on later humerus

35
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Medial epicondyles

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Larger of 2 condyles, more prominent on medial

36
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Coronoid & Radial fossas

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Coronoid process & radial head fits into when arm is flexed

37
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Olecranon fossa

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posterior side of humerus, sits on olecranon process when arm is extended

38
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Ulnar deviation

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Scaphoid or navicular view- open bones on radial side

39
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Radial deviation

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Open wrist bones on ulnar side

40
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Why are forearms most done AP

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Radial & Ulnar bones cross

41
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Trick to use PA wrist to get bones closer to film

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Make a fist

42
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Fat pads

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Indicate disease of injury. Result of excess fluid, slightly darker than surrounding tissue, hard to see

43
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Wrist fat pad

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2- scaphoid fat stripe, pronator fat stripe

44
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Elbow joint fat pad

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3- Anterior, posterior, supinator

45
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Fingers technique

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60 KVP @ 1.5 MAS

46
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Hand technique

A

60 KVP 2 MAS

47
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Wrist technique

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60 KVP @ 2.5 MAS

48
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Forearm technique

A

65 KVP @ 3 MAS

49
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Elbow technique

A

65 KVP @ 3 MAS

50
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Humerus technique

A

70 KVP @ 6 MAS

51
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Distance from film

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40”

52
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Pediatric patients

A

Less technique, held with tape or sponge

53
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Casts

A

Increase exposure-
Small 5-7 KVP
Large 8-10 KVP
Fiberglass 3-4 KVP

54
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Markers

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Lateral side of body part

55
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Other rules

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Lengthwise, 2 joints for longbones, no grid, small focal spot

56
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Fracture

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Break in a bone

57
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Contusion

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Type of injury without a fracture or break in skin

58
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Simple (closed) fracture

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Bone doesn’t break through the skin

59
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Compound (open) fracture

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Bone protrudes through skin

60
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Incomplete (partial) fracture

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fracture doesn’t traverse through the entire bone

61
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Complete fracture

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Break is complete and includes the entire cross section of bone

62
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Transverse fracture

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Fracture line is tranverse at near right angle to long axis of bone

63
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Oblique fracture

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Line passes through bone at oblique angle

64
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Spiral fracture

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bone has been twisted apart and the fracture line is spiral shaped

65
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Comminuted fracture

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Bone is splintered or crushed resulting in 2 or more fragments

66
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Avulsion fracture

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Results from severe stress to a tendon or ligament in joint. Fragment of bone is separated/pulled away by attached tendon/ligament

67
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Chip fracture

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Fracture involving an isolated bone fragment

68
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Tuft/Burst

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Comminuted fracture of distal phalanx from crushing blow to distal finger

69
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Epiphyseal fracture

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Through epiphyseal plate. Easily fractured in long bone of children

70
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Torus fracture

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in children, a buckle of cortex with localized expansion of torus of cortex

71
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Greenstick fracture

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in children, incomplete fracture on one side cortex on 1 side of bone is broken and other side is bent

72
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Open reduction

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severe fractures with significant displacement or fragmentation- surgery required

73
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Closed reduction

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fractures in which the misalignment requires restoration to a normal position- done without surgery

74
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baseball fracture

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fracture of distal phalanx from a ball striking end of extended finger

75
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barton’s fracture

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intra-articular fracture of posterior lip of distal radius

76
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Bennett’s fracture

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longitudinal fracture at base of 1st metacarpal with fracture line entering the carpometacarpal joint

77
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boxer’s fracture

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involves 5th distal metacarpal

78
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colles fracture

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fracture of adult wrist in which distal radius is fractured with distal fragment displaces posteriorly. fall on outstretched arm

79
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carpal tunnel syndrome

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compression of median nerve as it passes through center of wrist

80
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joint effusion

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accumulated fluid in joint cavity

81
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osterarthritis (DJD)

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non inflammatory joint disease- type of arthritis

82
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osteopetrosis

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abnormally dense bone- increase tech factors

83
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osteoporosis

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reduction in quantity of bone- decrease tech factors

84
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rheumatoid arthritis

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disease with inflammatory changes occurring throughout connective tissues- decrease tech factors

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