Sports Med.

Question 1

A chronic strain of the medial or lateral epicondyle in the elbow; often known as tennis elbow

Answer 1

Epicondylitis

Question 2

A nerve within the brachial plexus that passes through the cubital tunnel in the posterior aspect of the medial epicondyle

Answer 2

Ulnar nerve

Question 3

Injury to the thumb that results in tearing or stretching of the MP joint or rupture of the ulnar collateral ligament

Answer 3

Gamekeepers thumb

Question 4

The abnormal movement of one of the bones that constitute a joint

Answer 4

Subluxation

Question 5

Inflammation of tendons caused by overuse or repetitive motions

Answer 5

Tendinitis

Question 6

A tear of the extensor tendon of the PIP joint, at the middle of the finer and the DIP joint that controls the fingertip

Answer 6

Boutonnière deformity

Question 7

An inflammatory disorder caused by irritation of the tissues and nerves around the medial nerve

Answer 7

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Question 8

Irritation, compression, and entrapment of the ulnar nerve

Answer 8

Cubital tunnel syndrome

Question 9

Entrapment of the radial nerve

Answer 9

Radial tunnel syndrome

Question 10

A break in the scaphoid bone in the thumb

Answer 10

Scaphoid fracture

Question 11

An injury to the finger resulting from tearing of the finger tendon and damaging the cartilage

Answer 11

Baseball (mallet) finger

Question 12

A small, hard lump above a tendon or in the capsule that encloses a joint

Answer 12

Ganglion

Question 13

An injury to the finger resulting in tearing of the flexor tendon in the fingertip

Answer 13

Jersey finger

Question 14

The bony ends of the humerous that lies outside of the elbow joint

Answer 14

Lateral epicondyle

Question 15

A condition in which muscles in the palm side of the forearm shorten, causing the fingers to form a fist and the wrist to bend

Answer 15

Volkmanns contracture

Question 16

The bony end of the humerus that forms with the elbow joint

Answer 16

Medial epicondyle

Question 17

A nerve within the brachial plexus that crosses the anterior elbow, passes between the heads of the pronator teres, and runs distal to the joint

Answer 17

Median nerve

Question 18

Inflammation of the bursa over the olecranon process of the elbow

Answer 18

Olecranon bursitis

Question 19

A chronic strain of the lateral epicondyle in the elbow, often known as epicondylitis

Answer 19

Tennis elbow

Question 20

Entrapment or compression of the median nerve

Answer 20

Pronator teres syndrome

Question 21

A nerve within the brachial plexus that passes anteriorly to the lateral epicondyle and lies in a runner of several muscles and tendons

Answer 21

Radial nerve

Question 22

A passageway from the forearm through the wrist

Answer 22

Carpal tunnel

Question 23

Hand bones

Answer 23

Metacarpals

Question 24

Abnormal movement of the bones of s joint

Answer 24

Subluxation

Question 25

Wrist bones

Answer 25

Carpals

Question 26

A fracture in the fifth metacarpal

Answer 26

Boxers fracture

Question 27

A nerve that lies in a tunnel of several muscles and tendons

Answer 27

Radial

Question 28

Bone on the thumb side of the forearms

Answer 28

Radius

Question 29

Finger bones

Answer 29

Phalanges

Question 30

Displacement of a bone from its normal position

Answer 30

Dislocation

Question 31

Decreased blood supply to an organ or tissue

Answer 31

Ischemia

Question 32

Tendinitis originating in the base of the thumb, on the back side of the wrist, and the palm side of the wrist

Answer 32

deQuervains tenosynovitis