Upper and Lower Limb Bones

Question 1

Anatomical position (name) of medial forearm?

Answer 1

ulnar

Question 2

Lateral forearm?

Answer 2

radial

Question 3

Tibial part of leg?

Answer 3

medial

Question 4

Fibular part of leg?

Answer 4

lateral

Question 5

Back of hand?

Answer 5

dorsal

Question 6

Front of hand?

Answer 6

palmar or volar

Question 7

Upper foot?

Answer 7

dorsal

Question 8

Bottom of foot?

Answer 8

plantar

Question 9

Four segments of the upper extremity?

Answer 9

pectoral girdle (shoulder)
arm (humerus)
forearm (ulna, radius)
hand (8 carpals, 5 metacarpals, 14 phalanges)

Question 10

The entire upper limb connects to the …. via the clavicle.

Answer 10

manubrium

Question 11

The clavicle serves as the one and only … bone support for the upper limb to the body trunk.

Answer 11

rigid bone

Question 12

Clavicle function

Answer 12

transmits shocks from upper limb to axial skeleton

Question 13

What is the most frequently broken bone in the body?

Answer 13

clavicle

Question 14

What is a broken clavicle often caused by?

Answer 14

FOOSH

Question 15

Where does the clavicle break usually?

Answer 15

middle 1/3

Question 16

Deformity caused by a broken clavicle?

Answer 16

medial fragment elevates due to the sternocleidomastoid; lateral fragment depresses

Question 17

Complete displaced fracture may require..

Answer 17

plating

Question 18

Shoulder blade overlies the … ribs on the posterior thoracic wall.

Answer 18

2-7

Question 19

If you break the surgical neck of the humerus what nerve and arteries can be affected?

Answer 19

axillary nerve

circumflex humeral arteries

Question 20

If you break the mid-humeral shaft what nerve can be affected?

Answer 20

radial nerve and deep arm vessels

Question 21

If you break the medial epicondyle what nerve can be affected?

Answer 21

ulnar

Question 22

Insertion of brachialis muscle and is a major elbow flexor?

Answer 22

tuberosity of ulna

Question 23

Coronoid can be damaged during …

Answer 23

elbow dislocation

Question 24

The distal ulnar bone does not form …

Answer 24

wrist joint

Question 25

Head of the radius articulates with the ... of the humerus.

Answer 25

capitulum and radial notch of the ulna

Question 26

Radial tuberosity is the attachment site for

Answer 26

distal biceps muscle

Question 27

Joint at the elbow is a ...

Answer 27

hinge joint

Question 28

Where does pronation and supination occur?

Answer 28

between the radial notch of the ulna and the head of the radius

Question 29

Olecranon fractures require

Answer 29

pinning or plating

Question 30

What is referred to as nursemaids elbow? And what is the ligament that it occurs at?

Answer 30

subluxation and dislocation of the radial head from the annular ligament

Question 31

What is the most common fracture of the forearm?

Answer 31

colles fracture

Question 32

What is colles fracture a fracture of?

Answer 32

complete transverse fracture within the distal 2 cm of teh radius

Question 33

What happens in a colles fracture?

Answer 33

The styloid process of the radius and ulna change positions. The radial styloid process is moved proximally.

Question 34

The most frequently fractured bone of the wrist?

Answer 34

scaphoid

Question 35

What is the most common way to break the 5th metacarpal?

Answer 35

punching something | aka "Boxer's fracture"

Question 36

Injury to what arteries in the femur cutoff blood supply to the femoral head?

Answer 36

retinacular arteries

Question 37

Most tibial fractures are caused by..

Answer 37

direct force to the middle/distal 1/3

Question 38

Tibial fractures are what kind of fracture?

Answer 38

compound

Question 39

Jones fractures are anything at the ...

Answer 39

base of the 5th metatarsal

Question 40

Jones fracture is typically caused by ...

Answer 40

sudden inversion of the foot

Question 41

The result of sudden inversion of the foot can cause ...

Answer 41

tendon avulsion or direct pressure on proximal head of the bone

Question 42

What is another cause of Jones fracture?

Answer 42

over use

Question 43

.... injuries are much more common than pronation.

Answer 43

supination

Question 44

When is an xray required for an ankle? Or what is the Ottawa ankle rule?

Answer 44

Tender on lateral malleolar tip or posterior aspect of lateral mallelous Tenderness over the base of the 5th metatarsal Tenderness on the medial or posterior aspect of the medial malleolus Tenderness over the navicular bone

Question 45

Two superficial veins of the lower limb

Answer 45

great and small saphenous

Question 46

Varicose veins, thrombosis and thrombophlebitis happen to the ... vein and it is due to ....

Answer 46

great saphenous vein and tributaries | fail of valves in perforating veins and/or lower limb loose fascia or muscle inactivity result in thrombosis.