exam 2 Flashcards
a. What is the aka for torticollis
a. Wry neck
b. What is the etiology of torticollis?
a. Varies and often cannot be defined
c. What is wry neck often associated with? When may onset occur?
a. Injury to the SCM muscle on one side at the time of birth, during a difficult delivery. This transforms the muscle into a fibrous cord that cannot lengthen with growing neck
b. May onset at any age.
i. Children –> congenial torticollis
ii. Adult –> acquired torticollis
1) Most often 3rd and 6th decades of life, sudden or of gradual onset
d. Woman get affected of wry neck more often than men, T/F
a. False, both sexes are equally affected
e. What does SCM muscle contraction cause?
a. Rotation of the head to the opposite side and flexion of the neck to the same side
a. What is the major stabilizer and elevator of the superior angle of the scapula?
a. The Levator
b. How does the Levator stabilize the scapula?
a. Levator produces rotation and side bending of the neck to the same side
i. While acting bilaterally, cervical extension is produced
a. Where is the rhomboid minor attachment?
a. SP of C7 -T1
b. Rhomboid minor has an association with the cervical spine, T/F
a. True but slight association
c. Where does rhomboid major arise from?
a. SP of T1-T5
d. Rhomboid major is active during isolated head and neck movement, T/F
a. False, it is inactive.
a. How many joints does the cervical spine consist of?
a. 37
i. Allow for more motion than any other region of the psine.
ii. This degree of mobility comes with a cost of STABILITY
b. Why is the cervical spine more vulnerable to both direct and indirect trauma?
a. Stability being sacrificed for mobility
a. What is the proper dress code for a cervical spine inspection?
a. Undress to the waist. Exposing the neck area as well as the entire upper extremity
b. Scars on the anterior portion of the neck may indicate for: ?
a. Previous thyroid surgery
c. What could Pitted scars in the anterior triangle indicate?
a. Previous tuberculous adenitis
a. What does each pair of vertabrae pair articulate by?
a. Zygapophyseal joints
b. Uncovertebral joints
c. IVD
b. t the structure of the cervical vertabrae combined with orientation of the zygapophyseal facets provide strong bony stability, T/F \
a. False, very little bony stability
c. What permit large excursions of motion to the cervical vertegra?
a. Lax soft tissue
a. At what age does lordotic curve start to develop?
a. Usually 3-4 months when child beings to lift head\
b. Response to upright posture
b. What does the cervical curve allow?
a. Allows the head and the eyes to remain oreinted forward and provieds a shock-absorbing mechanism to counteract the axial compressive force produced by the weight of the head
a. What is an anterior head carriage?
a. Weight of the head is directly above the center of gravity
b. How much weight is produced to the c-spine if head is 3” infront of cog?
a. 30 pounds
a. Why is bony palpation performed?
a. Increase in skin temp
i. Vasomotor changes
b. Localize Swelling sites
c. Identify
i. anatomical structures and their relationship to one another
ii. Pint of tenderness
iii. Soft tissue texture changes or myofascial restriction
d. Locate changes in
i. Muscle tone –>
1) trigger pints
2) Muscle spasm
3) Hypertonicity
4) Hypotonicity
a. What level is the hyoid bone?
a. C3
b. What level is the thyroid cartilage?
a. C4/C5
c. What level is the cricoid ring?
a. C6
d. What is the anatomical landmark used for anterior surgery?
a. Carotid tubercle C6
a. What is a common bony growth on the frontside of the spine?
a. Osteophytes
b. Can push against the back of the throat
c. Make swallowing difficult
a. The Mastoid process is medial to the superior nuchal line T/F
a. False, it is lateral
b. What cervical vertebraes can be considered typical?
a. 3-6
b. 7th is atypical
a. How many bones does the wrist have?
a. More than 28
b. 8 core
c. 20 radiocarpal intercarpal and carpometacarpal joints
b. How many intercarpal ligaments?
a. 26
c. How many parts triangular fibrocartilage complex? (TFCC)
a. Six or more
a. Six or more
a. The hand accounts for 100% of upper limb function, T/F
a. False, 90%.
b. what digit is involved 40-50% of hand function?
a. Thumb
c. what digit is involved 20% of hand function?
a. Index
d. What digit is the chiropractic index? How much involved in all hand function? What is it important for?
a. 3rd digit
b. Involved in About 20% of all hand function
c. Imporant for precision and power functions
a. What is the distal radio-ulnar joint?
a. A double pivot joint that unites the distal radius and ulna and an articular disc
b. What does the rounded ulna head contact latterally and distally?
a. Ulnar notch radius laterally
b. TFCC distally (articular disc)
c. The radial styloid process is approximately 1/2 inch shorter than the ulnar styloid process, T/F
a. False. Ulnar styloid process is approximately 1/2 inch shorter than the radial styloid process.
i. This results in more ulnar deviation than radial deviation.
a. What is the AKA for colles fracture?
a. Dinner fork fracture
b. What is a colles fracture?
a. Fracture of the radium within 20-35 mm of the wrist joint with posterior angulation of the distal fragment
b. Extension fracture of the radius
c. What is smiths fracture?
a. Flexion fracture of the radium
a. What is an aka for smiths fracture?
a. Garden spade deformity
b. What is a smiths fracture?
a. Fracture of the radius within 20-35mm of the wrist joint with anterior angulation of the distal fragment
What is TFCC?
a. Trangular fibrocartilage complex
b. The fibrocartilage disc in between the medial proximal row and the distal ulna within the medial aspect of the wrist
b. What is the primary function of the TFCC?
a. To improve joint congruency and to cushion against compressive forces
c. The TFCC transmits about 90% of the axial load from hand to forearm, T/F
a. False, its 20%
a. The wrist consists of _ carpal bones and _ metacarpal bases
a. 8; 5
b. In the wrist: How to the carpal bones lie in relation to eachother?
a. Two transverse rows
c. Of the wrist: From lateral to medial, what are the bones on the proximal row?
a. Scaphoid (navicular), lunate, triquetrum and pisiform
d. The wrist: the distal row, what are the bones in order from lateral to medial?
a. Trapezium, trapezoid, capitate and hamate
a. What bone of the wrist is most commonly fractured?
a. Navicular