Joints

Question 1

Sternoclavicular (SC) Joint
Acromioclavicular (AC) Joint
Scapulothoracic (ST) Joint
Glenohumeral (GH) Joint
(which of these is not a real joint)

Answer 1

Scapulothoracic (ST) Joint

Question 2

Does the SC have an articular disc

Answer 2

yes

Question 3

At full elevation of the upper limb, the clavicle is raised to a (what) degree angle

Answer 3

60

Question 4

Dislocations of the SC joint (are or are not common)

Answer 4

Not

Question 5

Does The ac have an articular disc

Answer 5

Yes

Question 6

2 primary ligaments of AC

Answer 6

Acromioclavicular ligament

Coracoclavicular ligament

Question 7

Fibrocartilaginous ring that acts to deepen the glenoid cavity

Answer 7

Glenoid labrum

Question 8

Glenoid labrum is made of what kind of cartilage

Answer 8

Fibrocartilaginous

Question 9

3 capsular ligaments of the GH

Answer 9

Coracohumeral ligament

Glenohumeral ligament

Transverse Humeral ligament

Question 10

GH Extracapsular Ligament:

Answer 10

Coracoacromial ligament

Question 11

Tendon of (what) 
is most frequently torn

Answer 11

supraspinatus

Question 12

what direction of the GH joint is the weakest

Answer 12

inferior

Question 13

what dierction do most disloactions happen

Answer 13

anterior

Question 14

shoulder dislocations endanger what artery and what nerve

Answer 14

musculocutaneous

axillary

Question 15

Supracondylar fracture on what side of the

humerus

Answer 15

lateral

Question 16

Surgical Neck Fracture endanger what artery and what nerve

Answer 16

Axillary nerve

Circumflex humeral arteries

Question 17

Mid shaft Fracture endanger what artery and what nerve

Answer 17

Radial nerve
Deep artery & vein
of the arm

Question 18

Supracondylar Fracture endanger what artery and what nerve

Answer 18

Median nerve

Brachial artery

Question 19

Medial Epicondyle Fracture

endanger what artery and what nerve

Answer 19

Ulnar nerve

no artery

Question 20

what ligament makes up the annular ligament

Answer 20

radial collateral

Question 21

for pronantion and supination what rotates around what

Answer 21

radius around a stable ulna

Question 22

a nursemaids distraction involved what liagent

Answer 22

annular

Question 23

The most common fracture

in adults > 50 yrs. old

Answer 23

colles fx (distal radius)

Question 24

is associated with a “dinner fork deformity”:

a posterior displacement of the distal fragment, causing angulation

Answer 24

colles fracture

Question 25

Scaphoid fracture endangers what artery

Answer 25

radial

Question 26

what articular injury can compress the median nerve

Answer 26

lunate dislocation

Question 27

CMC of the thumb is what shape

Answer 27

saddle

Question 28

abduction and abduction occur around what digit

Answer 28

3rd

Question 29

MCP ligaments

Answer 29

collateral palmer deep transverse metacarpal

Question 30

PIP, DIP ligaments

Answer 30

collateral | palmer

Question 31

Avulsion of the extensor expansion at the level of the DIP

Answer 31

mallet finger

Question 32

Avulsion of extensor expansion at the level of the PIP

Answer 32

Boutonnière Deformity | - Extensor expansion is still attached distally, at the level of the DIP