Chapter 4 Upper Limb

Question 1

How many bones are in phalanges?

Answer 1

14

Question 2

How many bones are in the metacarpals?

Answer 2

5

Question 3

how many bones in carpals?

Answer 3

8

Question 4

how many bones in hand in total?

Answer 4

27

Question 5

what are the three portions if each finger?

Answer 5

proximal phalanx, middle phalanx, distal phalanx

Question 6

what are the three parts of each phalanx

Answer 6

head, body, base

Question 7

what are the three parts of each metacarpal?

Answer 7

head, body, base

Question 8

what is the joint between the proximal and distal phalanges of the first digit?

Answer 8

interphalangeal joint

Question 9

the joints between the metacarpals and the phalanges are the?

Answer 9

metacarpophalangeal joint, MCP

Question 10

what is the largest of the carpal bone

Answer 10

capilate

Question 11

What is the name of the hooklike process extending anteriorly from the hamate?

Answer 11

hamulus or hamular

Question 12

Which is the most commonly fractured carpal bone?

Answer 12

scaphoid

Question 13

what is the mnemonics given that used of the eight carpal bone

Answer 13

send

letter

to

peter

to

tell ‘em

to

come

home

Question 14

in anatomic position, which of the bones of the forearm is located on the lateral side? which one is the medial side?

Answer 14

radius and ulna on medial

Question 15

The deep depression located on the posterior aspect of the distal humerus

Answer 15

olecranon fossa

Question 16

Which joint permits the forearm to rotate during pronation?

Answer 16

proximal radioulnar joint

Question 17

the articular portion of the medial aspect of the distal humerus is called

Answer 17

trochlea

Question 18

ellipsoidal joints are classified as freely movable, or _______ and allow movement in ________ directions

Answer 18

diarthrodial, 4

Question 19

the intermediate double are, consisting of the outer ridges of the elbow are

Answer 19

smaller arc, capitium

larger arc, trochlea

Question 19

what is the first and smallest of the arc on the elbow?

Answer 19

trochlear sulcus

Question 20

the third arc, which is part of the ulna is

Answer 20

trochlear notch

Question 21

Which ligament of the wrist extends from the styloid process of the radius to the lateral aspect of the scaphoid and trapezium bones?

Answer 21

radial collateral ligament

Question 22

what is the name of the two special turning or bending position of the hand and wrist that demonstrate medial and lateral aspects of the carpal region

Answer 22

ulnar deviation and radial deviation

Question 23

how does the forearm appear radiographically if pronated for a PA projection

Answer 23

the proximal radius crosses over the ulna

Question 24

the two important fat stripes or bands around the wrist joints are

Answer 24

scaphoid fat stripe and pronator fat stripe

Question 25

which routine projections are best demonstrated the scaphoid fat pad?

Answer 25

PA and oblique wrist

Question 26

which routine projection best demonstrates the pronator fat stripe

Answer 26

lateral wrist

Question 27

where is the central ray centered for a PA oblique projection of the second digital?

Answer 27

proximal interphalangeal PIP joint

Question 28

how much of the metacarpals should be included for PA projection of the digits?

Answer 28

distal aspect of metacarpals

Question 29

if the patient cannot fully extend the elbow for the AP projection, what alternative projections should be performed?

Answer 29

two AP projection, one with humerus and one parallel

Question 30

which routine projections are required for a study for the forearm?

Answer 30

AP and lateral

Question 31

To position the patient properly for an AP projection of the elbow, the epicondyles must be ___ to the IR

Answer 31

parallel

Question 32

Narrowing of joint space with periosteal growths on the joint margins

Answer 32

Osteoarthritis

Question 33

fluid-filled joint space with possible calcification

Answer 33

bursitis

Question 34

possible calcification in the carpal sulcus

Answer 34

carpal tunnel syndrome

Question 35

Mixed areas of sclerotic and cortical thickening along with radiolucent lesions

Answer 35

osteopetrosis

Question 36

Soft tissue swelling and loss of fat-pad detail visibility

Answer 36

osteomyelitis

Question 37

fracture and dislocation of the posterior lip of the distal radius

Answer 37

borton fracture

Question 38

most common type of primary malignant tumor occurring in bone

Answer 38

Multiple myeloma

Question 39

reduction in the quantity of bone or atrophy of skeletal tissue

Answer 39

Osteoporosis

Question 40

Sprain or tear of the ulnar collateral ligament

Answer 40

Skier's thumb

Question 41

An abnormality of the cartilage affecting long bones

Answer 41

Achondroplasia

Question 42

transverse fracture extending through the distal aspect of the metacarpal neck, most often the fifth metacarpal

Answer 42

boxers fracture

Question 43

hereditary condition marked by abnormally dense bone

Answer 43

Osteoporosis

Question 44

transverse fracture of the distal radius with posterior displacement of the distal fragment

Answer 44

colles fracture

Question 45

which routine projection of the elbow best demonstrates the radial head , neck and tuberosity with slight superimposition of the ulna?

Answer 45

Ap oblique with 45 degrees lateral rotation

Question 46

which projection of the elbow best demonstrates the coronoid process in profile?

Answer 46

Ap oblique with 45 degree medial rotation

Question 47

The best position to evaluate the posterior fat pads of the elbow joint is:

Answer 47

lateral, flexed 90 degrees

Question 48

how much is the upper limb rotated for lateral oblique projection of the elbow?

Answer 48

45 degree laterally

Question 49

how much and in which direction should the central ray be angled for the trauma axial lateral projection involving the radial head?

Answer 49

45 degree toward shoulder