Test I Skull Trauma, Spinal Trauma, Davis Series, and Spinal Fractures

Question 1

Are most skull fractures found on xray?

Answer 1

no,

Question 2

If skull fractured is suspected the patinet needs

Answer 2

a CT

Question 3

What is the MC skull fracture type?

Answer 3

Linear skull fracture

Question 4

This is a fracture of the floor of the orbit

Answer 4

Blowout Fracture (getting hit in the eye)

Question 5

This fracture includes a separation of all three major attachments of the zygoma to the rest of the face

Answer 5

Tripod Fracture

Question 6

A tripod fracture can also be called

Answer 6

zygomaticomaxillary

Question 7

This fracture can resemble and elephant on an xray

Answer 7

Tripod fracture

Question 8

This is a fracture involving the maxillary bone and surrounding structures in a bilateral and either horizontal, pyramidal or transverse way

Answer 8

Le Fort Fractures

Question 9

This is can happen with a brain injury and when blood gathers between the dura and the brain

Answer 9

Subdural Hematoma

Question 10

A subdural hematoma usually occurs from a tear of

Answer 10

bridging veins

Question 11

Subdural hematoma has this shape on imaging

Answer 11

Concave or Cresant

Question 12

This can happen from a brain injury and when blood gathers between the skull and the dura

Answer 12

Epidural Hematoma

Question 13

Can epidural hematoma occur in the spine?

Answer 13

yes, since the dura covers the spine

Question 14

Epidural hematomas are this shape on imaging

Answer 14

concave

Question 15

Which hematoma has vein involvement

Answer 15

Subdural

Question 16

Which hematoma has arterial involvement

Answer 16

Vein

Question 17

What is the MC mechanism of injury of the spine

Answer 17

Hyperflexion

Question 18

What is the MC fracture of the Spine

Answer 18

Vertical Compression

Question 19

This hyperflexion injury most severe to the cervical spine

Answer 19

Flexion teardrop fracture

Question 20

What are the MC segments that fractures occur

Answer 20

C1-2
C5-7
T12-L1

Question 21

Which film picks up most the fractures

Answer 21

Lateral, >90%

Question 22

This is a odd movement of a portion of the spine during a specific movement

Answer 22

Paradoxical Motion

Question 23

What are the column of the 3 column method

Answer 23

Anterior: ALL
Middle : PLL`
Posterior

Question 24

What is the retropharyngeal space measurement

Question 25

What is the retrotracheal space

Question 26

This is a gray stripe anterior and flush to the vertebrl bodies that can be displaces by traum or other things accumulating in the area

Answer 26

Preverterbal fat stripe

Question 27

Widening of the space between spinous processes is usually from

Answer 27

ligamentous disruption

Question 28

The radiographic features of a severe sprain

Answer 28

Fanning=widening of interspinous distance loss of paralleism between facet joints horizontal displacemnt >3.5mm angular displacement >11degrees

Question 29

This fracture heals more with fibrous

Answer 29

Body fractures

Question 30

This fracture heals more with callus

Answer 30

Arch fractues