Day 5 - quiz questions Flashcards
(23 cards)
What is the deformity of the joint connecting the big toe to the foot?
a. plantar fasciitis
b. Morton’s neuroma
c. compartment syndrome
d. bunion deformity
d. bunion deformity
Patient has pain in the heel and the bottom of the foot. Pain is usually most severe with the first steps of the day or following a period of rest.
a. plantar fasciitis
b. Morton’s neuroma
c. compartment syndrome
d. bunion deformity
a. plantar fasciitis
A benign neuroma of an intermetatarsal plantar nerve, most commonly of the 3rd and 4th metatarsal spaces.
a. plantar fasciitis
b. Morton’s neuroma
c. compartment syndrome
d. bunion deformity
b. Morton’s neuroma
A serious condition that involves increased pressure. It can lead to muscle and nerve damage and problems with blood flow.
a. plantar fasciitis
b. Morton’s neuroma
c. compartment syndrome
d. bunion deformity
c. compartment syndrome
use 6P to diagnose - pain, pallor, pulselessness, parasthesia, paralysis, poikilothermia
A commonly used test in orthopedic examinations to test for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) integrity.
a. McMurray test
b. anterior drawer test
c. posterior drawer test
d. valgus stress
b. anterior drawer test
Which of these is matched up with the INCORRECT physical exam?
a. anterior drawer test - for ACL injury
b. Lachman’s test - for PCL injury
c. posterior drawer test - for PCL injury
d. McMurray test - for meniscus tear
b. Lachman’s test - for PCL injury
Lachman’s test is for ACL injury! it is actually more reliable, sensitive and superior to the anterior drawer test
Posterior drawer sign is for what injury?
a. ACL injury
b. PCL injury
c. medial meniscus injury
d. lateral meniscus injury
b. PCL injury
Pain on external rotation with McMurray test indicates…
a. ACL injury
b. PCL injury
c. medial meniscus injury
d. lateral meniscus injury
c. medial meniscus injury
“Unhappy triad” injury during a football game. What type of diagnostic imaging do you use?
a. MRI
b. CT scan
c. PET scan
d. ultrasound
a. MRI
Shoulder pain after playing tennis, weakness on external rotation, pain upon abduction of arm. Drop-arm test is positive.
a. rotator cuff tear
b. tennis elbow
c. golfer elbow
d. bicipital tenosynovitis
a. rotator cuff tear
probably supraspinatus - it is the most commonly torn in muscle in a rotator cuff injury
Speed’s test is positive. This indicates…
a. rotator cuff tear
b. acromial clavicular arthritis
c. adhesive capsulitis
d. bicipital tendonitis
d. bicipital tendonitis
What is the most commonly fractured carpal bone?
a. scaphoid
b. lunate
c. triquetrum
d. pisiform
e. hamate
a. scaphoid
Sideways curvature of the spine that occurs most often during the growth spurt just before puberty.
a. scoliosis
b. lordosis
c. kyphosis
d. herniated disk
a. scoliosis
Excessive posterior thoracic curvature (hunchback)
a. scoliosis
b. lordosis
c. kyphosis
d. herniated disk
c. kyphosis
Moderate scoliosis
a. Cobb angle 5-15
b. Cobb angle 20-45
c. Cobb angle >50
d. Cobb angle >75
b. Cobb angle 20-45 = MODERATE
5-15 = mild
> 50 = severe
Symmetrical joint pain, morning stiffness that lasts 60 minutes, fatigue, anorexia
a. rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
b. osteoarthritis (OA)
c. gout
d. septic arthritis
a. rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
OA is usually one-sided due to more use, it has morning stiffness too but lasts 30 minutes or LESS
Middle-aged obese man. Severe pain, redness, and swelling in the big toe. Associated with alcohol and meat consumption
a. septic arthritis
b. Lyme disease
c. gout
d. rheumatoid
c. gout
What does a goniometer measure?
a. angles of joint and range of motion
b. testosterone level in males
c. estrogen levels in females
d. head circumference in infants
a. angles of joint and range of motion
Patient has bilateral swelling and tenderness of the fingers for several weeks duration.
a. osteoarthritis
b. rheumatoid arthritis
c. epicondylitis
d. septic arthritis
b. rheumatoid arthritis
keyword = BILATERAL
What is the T-score for osteopenia?
a. -1 or higher
b. -1 to -2.5
c. -2.5 or lower
d. -100 or lower
b. -1 to -2.5
-2.5 or lower = osteoporosis
Hip fractures, vertebral compression fractures, loss of height and progressive thoracic kyphosis, distal radial fractures (Colles’ fracture) following minimal trauma.
a. osteopenia
b. osteoporosis
c. osteopetrosis
d. osteomalacia
e. rickets
b. osteoporosis
Vitamin D deficiency in adults is called…
a. osteopenia
b. osteoporosis
c. osteomalacia
d. rickets
c. osteomalacia (= soft bones)
in children = rickets
Muscle injury is evaluated by…
a. plain x-ray
b. DEXA scan
c. MRI
d. ultrasound
c. MRI
for soft tissues
