Blue Boxes

Question 1

Whiplash

Answer 1

Stretch tear of anterior longitudinal ligament

Question 2

Jefferson fracture

Answer 2

Fracture of the anterior or posterior arches of atlas

Question 3

Herniation

Answer 3

Happens posterio-laterally

Most often in L4/L5

Question 4

2nd # rule

Answer 4

Nerve affected by damage is related to the 2nd vertebra of the pair (cervical and lumbar)

Question 5

Strain vs Sprain

Answer 5

Strain is of a muscle

Sprain is of a ligament

Question 6

Lumbar Puncture

Answer 6

Insert needle at L3/4 or L4/5
Spinal cord ends at L1/2
CSF comes from lumbar cistern

Question 7

Glenohumeral Dislocatiom

Answer 7

Common due to ROM and instability

Happens Inferior most, of anterior

Question 8

Student’s Elbow

Answer 8

Bicipitoradial bursa inflammation

Or subcutaneous olecranon bursa

Question 9

Nursemaid’s Elbow

Answer 9

Radial dislocation of Annular Ligament

Question 10

Bullrider’s Thumb

Answer 10

Lateral Collateral ligament damage

Question 11

Skier’s Thumb

Answer 11

1st metacarpophalangeal Collateral Ligament damage

Question 12

Baseball Finger

Answer 12

Distal phalange hyperflexion

Question 13

Dupuytren Contracture

Answer 13

Short, thick, fibrous palmar aponeurosis

Partial 4th and 5th digit flexion

Question 14

Quadrangular Space

Answer 14

Axillary Nerve
Posterior Circumflex Humeral Artery
(Teres major/minor Triceps long/lateral)

Question 15

Triangular Space

Answer 15

Circumflex Scapular Artery

Teres major/minor and Triceps long

Question 16

Triangular Interval

Answer 16

Deep Brachial Artery
Radial Nerve
(Teres major, Triceps long/lateral)

Question 17

Rotator Cuff

Answer 17

Supraspinatus M
Infraspinatus M
Teres Minor M
Subscapularis M

Supraspinatus M. most often damaged

Question 18

Winged Scapula

Answer 18

Paralysis of serratus anterior (long thoracic n)

Question 19

Popeye Deformity

Answer 19

T of Long Head of Biceps pops out of groove, bicep curls up

Question 20

Tennis Elbow

Answer 20

Overuse of Extensors causes lateral antebrachial pain

Question 21

Axillary Lymph Nodes

Answer 21

Pectoral, Subscapular, Humeral

Drain into Central which drains into Apical

Question 22

Upper Plexus Injury

Answer 22

Erb-Duchenne’s Palsy
waiter tip position
C5/C6

Question 23

Inferior Plexus Injury

Answer 23

Klumpke’s Paralysis

Claw hand

Question 24

Median Nerve Damage

Answer 24

Wrist: Ape’s hand (adducted thumb)
Elbow: Hand of Benediction

Question 25

Ulnar Nerve Damage

Answer 25

Claw hand when making fist | Handlebar neuropathy affects ulnar n

Question 26

Radial Nerve damage

Answer 26

Wrist drop

Question 27

Spondylosis

Answer 27

Calcified vertebral body

Question 28

Spondylolysis

Answer 28

Separation of vertebral arch from vertebral body

Question 29

Spondylolisthesis

Answer 29

Anterior shift of vertebra off of vertebra below

Question 30

Spinal stenosis

Answer 30

Narrowed vertebral foramen pinches spinal cord

Question 31

Hangman’s Fracture

Answer 31

Breaks pedicles of C2, cruciate ligament tears, spinal cord crushed