MSK Flashcards
(290 cards)
1
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most common site of clavicular fx is:
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middle 1/3
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de Quervain’s Tenosynovitis involves tendon’s of which muscles?
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Extensor pollicus bravis
Abductor polilcus longus
3
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Which ligaments are mostly likely injured in ankle inversion.
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Anterior talofibular and Calaneofibular
4
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Septic Arthritis are caused by:
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Gonorrhea
Staph Aureus
MRSA
group B strep
5
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Sjogren’s Syndrome is manifested by
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dry eyes and mouth
6
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wrist drop is caused by injury to what nerve?
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radial nerve
7
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Spinal cords in adults ends at the level of:
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L1-2
8
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most common benign bone mass is:
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Osteoid Osteoma
9
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Test used to diagnose meniscal tear?
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McMurray = Meniscus
Apley
10
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Arm drop test:
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adduction of the arm
positive when: quick drop at 30 degree or more
11
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Scotty dog view on x-ray is used to diagnosed
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Spondylolysis
12
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Retinoblastoma increases the risks of:
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Osteosarcoma
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common location of Ewing’s Sarcoma is:
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Diaphysis of long bones
Pelvis, ribs, flat bones
14
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Bleeding or edema within a limited space may cause:
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Compartment Syndrome
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Lateral Epicondylitis is a result of what overuse injury:
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extension and supination
16
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Tophi are:
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deposition of uric acid into the skin
Tophi=Gout
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A
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Presence of DIP nodes (Bouchard’s) nodes rules out:
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Schober test is used to diagnose:
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Ankylosing Spondylitis
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A
21
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Scaphoid or navicular fracture
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most common location for Ganglion cyst is:
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hand
feet
23
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typical injury that produces meniscal tear is:
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knee twisting
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lab finding during acute Gout episode:
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normal or low uric acid
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Toe walking
S 1 Gastrocnemius
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**Calcium Pyrophospate Dihydrate** is also known as:
**Pesudogout**
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**anti Smith** is indicative of
SLE
## Footnote
**Smith SLE**
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Most common gout location
1 MTP
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tx for **Felon** is:
abscess drainage
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Important risk factor for **osteoporosis** is:
**ETOH** abuse
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Medication that may cause gout:
**Loop** Diuretics
**HCThiazide** Diuretics
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Systemic sclerosis is also known as:
**scleroderma**
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Pt with **sickle cell dz** are prone to develop **osteomyelitis** caused by:
**Salmonella**
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tumor in the **pelvis, or diaaphysis** usually corresponds to:
**Ewing Sarcoma**
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Polymyositis
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factors that increase the occurance of **Frozen Shoulder**:
**DM I**
**Prolong Immobilization**
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**Yergason's** test is indicative of:
**Biceps** tendonitis
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**Plyarteritis Nodosa** is also known as
**Nectrotizing arteritis** of medium sized vessels
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**Painful lump below kneecap**
in a 10-15 y.o pt who is active in sports
is known as:
**Osgood Schlatter Dz.**
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typical presentation of a **hip fx** is:
**shortened leg**
**externally rotated**
**abducted**
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Typical CBC resutls for Lupus:
Anemia
Leukopenia
Thrombocytopenia
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Poly**M**yositis is associated with:
**M**alignancy
poly**M**yocityis=**M**alignancy
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causitive microrganism for **Herpetic Whitlow** is:
**Herpex Simplex Virus**
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**DIP** and **thoracolumbar** joints is usually NOT affected in which arthritis?
involvment of **DIP joint = DJD**
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Normal exam with **multiple trigger** points suggest
**Fibromyalgia**
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Spondylosis
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Heel walking
L5 Anterior tibialis
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Malignancy of **plasma cells** is known as:
**Multiople Myeloma**
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Tx for Osgood Schlatter Dz:
NSAIDs
Knee cap
Reduced physical activity
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Most common location for Gout:
**Metatarsophalangeal joint (big toe)**
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positive **Finkelstein test** is indicative of:
**de Quervain's Tenosynovitis**
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"**Dinner/Silver Fork**" reffers to:
**Colles Fx**
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**Thickened ligamentum flavum** may cause:
Spinal Stenosis
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Know dermatomes
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young adult with septic arthritis is usually secondary to:
**Gonorrhoea**
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Inability to seleep on a side
Poin tenderness at greater trochanter
suggests:
**Trochanteric Bursitis**
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**Shopping cart signs** is seen in:
**Spinal Stenosis**
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**Lytic bone lesions**
with **poor margins** and **sharp edges** are signs of:
**Bone malignancy**
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**Hawkins** test is:
internal rotation of the arm
shoulder at 90
elbow at 90
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Presentation of ACL injury:
knee instability / knee giving away
pop sound
acute hemarthrosis
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typical presentation of **hip disslocatoin**:
**shortened leg**
**internally rotated**
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Most common age for **Osteosarcoma** is:
b/w **10-20 y.o**
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**Shoulder Dislocation** is also known as:
**Glenohumeral Dislocatoin**
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**worsening ankle dorsiflexion** is known as:
**Lasegue's Sign**
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Reactive Arthritis Conjunctivitis is often seen in conjunction with:
Reactive Arthritis
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tx for **Herpetic Whitlow** is:
observation
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Most common vessels affected by **Polyarteritis Nodosa**:
**Renal arteries**
| (produce HTN)
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**Swan neck** deformity
**hyperextension at the PIP joint**
***_extended swan neck_***
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**Anterior slippage of vertebral body** is known as:
**Spondylolisthesis**
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Patellar reflex
L4
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**calcium pyrophosphate** crystals
**Pseudogout**
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**Repetitive gripping** usually results in:
**de Quervain's Tenosynovitis**
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Serious side effect of **bisphosphanate** is:
**Esophagitis**
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**Hyperflexion at DIP** is known as:
**Mallet finger**
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most common ankle ligament to be injured is:
**Anterior talofibular**
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most common **shoulder dislocatoins** are:
anterior
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Medication known to cause Gout:
**Thiazide Diuretics**
**Loop Diuretics**
**Niacin**
**Aspirin**
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Falling on **hyperflexed (inward)** hand will produce what radial head fx:
**Smith**
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Which meniscus gets torn more common?
Medial
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Presentation of **SCFE:**
**knee pain**
**groin pain**
**limping**
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**morning joint stiffness** greater than hour is suggestive of
**RA**
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most common type of scleroderma is known as:
**CREST**
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Paronychia
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Osgood schlatter
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Conditions that can cause bilateral Carpal Tunnel
Pregnancy (self limiting)
Reumatoid Arthritis
Hypothyroidism
Amyloidosis
Acromegaly
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Mechanism of most common ankle sprain:
**inversion and plantar flexion**
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**Scheuermann's** disease is known as:
Juvenile Kyphosis
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Pain in the joints **relieved with rest** is most likely
Osteoarthritis
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Dexa results
T score: **\>2.5** corresponds to:
**Osteoporosis**
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**Pars interarticularis** fx results in:
**Spondylolysis**
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Meniscal Tear
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prefered pain med for **Fibromyalgia** is:
**ultram/acetam**
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**Saddle anesthesia** is synonymous with:
**Cauda Equina Syndrome**
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**lateral curvature of the spine** is known as:
**Scoliosis**
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Chronic **inflammation of synovial membranes** is known as:
**RA**
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**Ankylosing Sponylitis** starts:
at **SI joints** and moves up the spine
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**Fat pad** sign on X ray is indicative of:
**occult elbow fx**
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**Persistent night pain** is often suggestive of:
**Osteosarcoma**
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Nodes in DIP are known as:
**Heberden's**
**distal Heberden's**
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**HyperUrecemia** is defined as:
**Uric Acid \> 7.5**
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Common types of hip fx are:
**Transcervical/Subcapital**
**Intertrochanteric**
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Most common **hip dislocation** is:
**Posterior**
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population group suseptible to **de Quervain's Tenosynovitis** is:
**middle age female**
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feeling of heavyness in the muscle
difficulty arising from a chair
**Polymyositis**
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Aprihension test
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Dry mouth and eyes
Sjogren's Syndrome
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**Anti-Jo** antibodies are associated with:
**Polymyositis**
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**Heliotrope rash** is indicative of:
Polymyositis
| (rash around eyes)
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Herpetic whitlow
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medial ligament of the ankle is known as:
**Deltoid**
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SLE is often associateed with which cardiac condition?
Pericarditis
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Swan neck deformity
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**Sausage fingers** / ductilitis is associated with:
**Psoriatic Arthritis**
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nail pitting
sasage like fingers
Psoriatic Arthritis
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what cast is required for **Colles/Smith** fx?
**Sugar Tong Splint**
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**Volar angulation** of the distal (factured) radial head is indicative of:
**Smith Fx:**
**Volar Smith**
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Forceful **internal knee rotation** will injure which ligament?
ACL
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positive Neer test is indicative of
**impingement**
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tx for **Juvenile RA**:
NSAIDS (**Naproxen, IBprofen, Celebrex**)
methotrexate
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**Neer** test
arm is raised forward
depress (press down) on scapula
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Common complication fo **Transcervical Hip Fx** is:
**Avascular Necrosis**
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what medication is a risk factor for developing osteoporosis?
**Corticosteroid**
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Sx of spinal stenosis are relieved with:
**sitting or spine flexion/leaning forward** (shopping cart sign)
125
**Chronic condtion** that may cause **gout** is:
**CKD**
| (under excretion of uric acid)
126
Dietary changes required for Gout tx:
avoid:
## Footnote
**organ meats**
**alcohol**
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Skin nodules seen in gout is known as:
**Tophi**
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Most common carpal bone fx is:
**Scaphoid** Fx
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**Septic Arthritis** in a young pt is often caused by:
**N.Gonorrhoea**
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**Sunburst appearance** in the **metaphyseal location** of the bone corresponds to:
**Osteosarcoma**
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**Medial calf sensosetion** is controlled by ____ nerve root:
L4
## Footnote
**medial four**
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infection in the **finger pad** is called:
**Felon**
133
Septic Arthritis organisms:
Staph
Strep
STI
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Injury to **ulnar collateral ligament of the thumb at MCP** is known as:
**Gamekeeper's / Skier's Thumb**
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**Posterior fat pad** sign is indicative of
**Suprcondylar or Radial Head Fx**
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Pts with Oligo/pauciarticular arthritis has increased risk of
uveitis
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Most common rotator cuff muscle injured is:
**Supraspinatus**
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Achille**s** reflex
**S1**
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Polymalasia rhumatica
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Most common type of **Juevenille Rheumatoid Arthritis** is:
**Oligo/pauciarticular** arthritis
involves no more than 4 joints.
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Multiple trigger points
Fibromyalgia
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**Medial Epicondylosis** is a result of what onveruse injury:
repeated **flexition and pronation**
143
tests used to diagnose ACL injury:
**A**nterior drawer sign
L**a**chman test
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**Rhoboid shaped**
**+ birefringent crystals**
**Pseudogout**
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Abx of choice for septic arthritis is:
**Ceftriaxone**
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Fx that occurs as a result of **punching** a wall is known as:
**Boxer's fx**
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Pain with spine extension in an athlete my be as a resutls of:
**Spondylolysis**
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**Thompson** test is used for:
Diagnosiing **Achilles tendon rapture**
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**Knee extension**
**L 4** quadriceps
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Lachman's test
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Anti-centromere antibody
Anti-topoisomerase antibody
Scleroderma
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Lasegue's Sign
used in Lumbar pain
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tx of **_acute gout_**:
**_Indomethacin (NSAIDs)_**
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Spondylolisthesis
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**Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis** (Degenerative Joint Dz) and i**nflammatory vs. non inflammatory**
RA = inflammatory
DJD = non inflammatory (wear and tear)
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**Elbow flexition test** is used to diagnose:
**Cubital tunnel syndrome**
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Spinal Stenosis
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nodes in the PIP joints are
**Bouchard's**
**Proximal Bouchards**
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_Dexa results_
T score: **1-2.5** corresponds to:
**Osteopenia**
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Pt with **Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis** are at increased risk of:
**Iridocyclitis/anterior uveitis**
eye exam required every 6 m.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis spares which joints?
**DIP**
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Osteoarthritis is inflamatory or non inflammatory?
**Non inflammatory**
164
Most common site for **spondylolisthesis** is:
**L4/5**
**L5/S1**
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_Classical tetrad_ corresponding to **Reactive Arthritis** is:
Arthritis
Urethritis
Conjunctivitis
Mucosal ulcers
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ligaments injured in a typical ankel sprain:
**Anterior talofibular**
**Calcaneofibular**
**Posterior talofibular**
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**Adhesive Capsulitis / frozen shoulder**
idiopathic loss of both active and passive motion
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**Bankart Lesion**:
Tear of the glenoid labrum
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Great toe dorsiflexion is controlled by:
G r e a t (5) toe
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**Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis** is often seen in:
obese teenage boys
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**Onion skin** appearance on bone X-ray is suggestive of:
**Ewing's Sarcoma**
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**Allopurinol** MoA
**Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitor**
| (decreases the production of uric acid)
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mechanism of rotator **cuff impingement**:
rotator cuff gets pinched b/w
## Footnote
**humeral head and coracoacromial arch**
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Polymyalgia Rheumatica
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Boutonnier Defformity is:
Injury of the central **extensor** tendon results in
## Footnote
**hyperflextion at PIP joinmt**
***_Flexition Boutonnier_***
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clear vescile formation on the finger tip is known as:
**Herpetic Whitlow**
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Cubital Tunnel affect what nerve?
Ulnar
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tx for **chronic gout**:
**Allopurinol**
**Colchicin**
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**_Rod / needle_ shaped**
**_negative birefringent_ crystal**
**Gout** - uric acid crystals
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Impingement Syndrome
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**Anti Nuclear Antibody** is indicate of
**SLE**
**ANA=SLE**
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sx of Still disease (system Juvenile RA)
Fever
Rash
Hepatospleenomegaly
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**Apophysitis of tibial tubercle** is a young active pt is known as:
**Oscgood Schlatter Dz.**
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side effects of croticosteroids
Atheroslerosis
Osteoporosis
Avascular necrosis
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**Snuff box** tenderness is indicative of:
**Scaphoid / Novicular fx**
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Pain in the elbow with **extension and supination** is indicative of
**Lateral Epicondylitis**
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**Reactive arthritis** is associated with which **diagnostic marker**:
**HLA-B27**
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**Cobb angle** is measured to diagnosed:
**Scoliosis**
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finger deformating often seen in
## Footnote
**RA**
**Jammed finger injury**
**Boutonniere finger**
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**Sunburst/Sunray** appearance on bone X-ray is indicative of:
**Osteosarcoma**
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**Humpback** should make you think of:
**Kyphosis**
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Plantar flexion weakness
S1
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**Lateral calf sensation** is controlled by which nerve root?
**L5**
**lateral five**
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First line drug tx for **Osteoarthritis** is:
**Acetaminophen**
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Foot dorsiflxion controlled by:
L4
## Footnote
**f o o t ( 4)**
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Jone's fracture
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Conditions that preceed **Reactive Arthritis:**
STI
Gastroenteritis
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Falling of the **outstretched (hyperextened)** hand will produce what kind of radial fx?
**Coles**
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tx for RA:
**NSAIDs**
Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARD) - **Methorexate**
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Mallet Finger
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fx of the **5th or 4th metacarpal** bone is known as:
**Boxer's fx**
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Kienbock's Dz
pain/stiffness in the absence of trauma
osteonecrosis of lunate
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fracture at the base of te 5th MT joint is known as:
Jones fx
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**Still's Disease** is:
**Systemic Juvenille Rheumatoid Arthritis**
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**sx of SLE**
Malar rash
Discoid rash
Serositis
Oral ulcers
Arthritis
Photosensitivity
pulmonary fibrosis
Blood disorders
Renal disease
Neurologic disease
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Numbness and tingling in the **4th & 5th** fingers is often caused by
**Cubital tunnel syndrome** (ulnar nerve compression)
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joint pain releives with rest vs. with walking:
osteoarthritis = releived with rest
RA= releived with walking
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SLE tx is:
**Corticosteroids**
**hydroxychloroquine**
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Malar Rash
Lupus
211
Most common injury to the elbow is:
Lateral Epicondylitis / Tennis Elbow
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**HLA-B27** is a marker for
**Ankylosing spondylitis**
**Reactie Arthritis**
**Psoriatric arthritis**
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**RA** affects more males or females?
females
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**Advanced Carpal tunnel** is manifested by:
**Thenar atrophy**
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**Scaphoid** bone is supplied by what artery:
**Radial**
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Mosty sensitive **ACL** test is:
**Lachman test**
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**Anterior knee pain** worse with running, stairs, squatting.
**Patellar femoral pain syndrome**
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**Bilat pain in the buttock** and the **back of the thigh** is often due to:
**Ankylosing Spondylitis**
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**Dorsal angulation** of distal (fractured) part of distal radius is known as:
Coles fx
## Footnote
**Dorsal coles**
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**Onion skin apparance** in the **diaphysis** of the long bone or pelvis bone corresponds to:
**Ewing Sarcoma**
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young pt with knee pain after:
kneeling activities
jumping
running
Oscood Schlatter Dz
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Most common location of **Osteosarcoma** is:
**Metaphyis** of long bones
Near the knee
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**Increased dorsal curvature** (**_convex_**) of the T spine is known as:
**Kyphosis**
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CMC Joint Arthritis
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**Ankel reflex** will be dimished when ___ nerve root is pinshed:
**S1**
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**CREST** stands for:
Calcinosis
Raynaud's
Esophageal motility disorder
Sclerodactaly
Teleangectasisias
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Olecranon bursisits
228
marker for **Ankylosing Spondylitis**:
**HLA-B27**
229
Bamboo spine:
Ankylosing Spondylitis
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**Gout** most commonly affects
**great toe**
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Sx of compartment syndrome:
Severe pain - out of praportion
paresthesia
pain with passive movement
decreased sensation / strength
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Direct fall onto shoulder is likely to produce:
**AC injury**
233
**SLE** can be caused by which medicatioins:
**Isoniazid**
**Quinidine**
**Procainamide**
234
Tx for Fibromyalgia:
Lyrica
Cymbalta (SSNRI)
SSRI
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Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
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**Patellofemoral grinding test** is used to diagnose:
**patellofemoral Pain Syndrome**
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**White/sclerotic** margins around bone mass seen on X ray is indicative of:
**Benign lesion**
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**Mallet** finger results from
**trauma to extensor at DIP**
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**Sail sign** is also known as:
**Anterior fat pad**
indicative of elbow fx
240
Most common fractures to cause **compartment syndomre** is
**Tibial shaft fx**
241
Narrow Joint Space
Osteophytes
are signs of:
**Osteoarthritis**
242
most common fx in children is:
**clavicle fx**
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side effect of **Methorexate**:
**liver toxicity** ( check AST)
supresses bone marrow resulting in **macrycytic anemia** (check CBC)
244
Dupuytren Dz is associated with
Diabetes
245
**Bankart Lesion**
**Hill-Sachs Lesion**
are seen in
**Shoulder Dislocatons**
246
**Bamboo spine** is a sign of:
**Alkyllosing Spondylitis**
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inability of **dorsiflex** **great toe** is due to the pinching of ___ nerve root
**L5**
248
diagnostic study of choice for **avascular necrosis** is:
**MRI**
249
Loss of **both active and passive motion** of the shoulder is known as:
**Adhesive Capsulitis / Frozen Shoulder**
250
Felon infection
251
**Deltoid weakness and lateral arm numbness** is a pt with **anterior shoulder disslocation** is a sign of what nerve damage?
**Axillary Nerve**
252
Polyarteritis Nodosa is associated with:
**Hep B**
253
most common sx of **Avascular/Aseptic Necrosis** is
**aching groin pain**
254
Reactive Arthritis / Reiter's
Arthritis secondary to STD
255
**Butterfly/malar facial rash** that spears **nasolabial folds** is indicative of:
SLE
256
Positive **crossover test** is indicative of
**Acromioclavicular (AC) Injury**
257
Paesthesias in the 4th and 5th fingers is indicative of:
**Cubital tunnel** syndreme
ulnar nerve
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persisten bone **pain releived with NSAID / Aspirin** is suggestive of:
**Osteoid Osteoma**
259
**Osteomyelitis** is most commonly caused by:
**Staph Aureus**
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Bone cancer in the **metaphysial** part of the bone is:
**Osteosarcoma**
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**Cauda Equine Syndrome** is caused by sudden compression of:
**L2-S5**
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HTN crisis due to renal failure in scleraderma pt. requires what medication?
**ACE-I**
263
Which **rotator cuff muscle** is most often damaged?
**Supraspinatus**
264
Osteoporosis tx:
Ca+ and vit D intake
stop Smoling and ETOH
**Bisphosphanates**
265
**Knee jerk / patellar reflex** will be diminished when which nerve root is pinched?
**L 4**
266
Most common primary malignant bone lesion:
**Multiple Myeloma 1st**
**Osteosarcoma 2nd**
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**audible snap** with extending a finger is known as:
**Trigger finger**
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**P**ositive birefringent crystals
**P**yrophoshate Calcium
**P**rism/rhomboid crystals
**P**seudoGout
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Swelling around finger nail is called:
**Paronychia**
270
sx of meniscal tear:
join line pain
effusion
locking and clicking
271
mechanics of **Osgood Schlatter Dz** is:
**pulling of audriceps on apophysis of the tibial tubercle**
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in RA **fingers and wrist** are deviated towards:
**ulnar deviation**
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Positive **Tinel's and Phalen's** test are indicative of:
**Carpal Tunnel** Syndrome
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defect at DIP results in:
defect at PIOP results in:
**Mallet** - unable to extend
**Boutonniere** or **Swan Neck** deformity
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Avascular necrosis
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**Symmetrical Progressive Proximal Muscle _Weakness_** of the upper and lower extermities is suggestive of:
**P**olymyositis
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**Empty Can** test seperates which rotator cuff muscle?
**Supraspinatus**
278
Most common knee legament to be injured is:
ACL
279
McMurry's test
280
most common treatment for **clavicular fx** is:
**8 sling**
281
most specific marker for RA is:
**anti CCP**
282
**Pseudogout** most commonly affects
**Writst joint**
283
**Shawl** sign corresponds to:
Polymyocitis
| (rash over the shoulders)
284
nerves that can be damaged in a **prox humerus fx**:
axillary
radial
ulnar
median
285
**anti CCP** is a marker for:
RA
## Footnote
**артрит советского союза**
286
Tx for compartment syndrome:
Urgent Fasciotomy
287
inflammation of mucus membrane is known as:
**Sjogren's** syndrome
288
repeated **flexition and pronation** will cause
**Medial Epicondylitis / Golfer's elbow**
289
Nodule that flactuates in size depending on the time of day most likely is:
Ganglion cyst
290
**crescent sign** on x ray is indicative of:
Avascular Hip Necrosis
