Examination Flashcards
1
Q
Wrist drop
A
Radial nerve
2
Q
Claw hand
A
Median and ulnar nerves
3
Q
Ape hand
A
Median nerve
4
Q
Bishops hand
A
Ulnar nerve
5
Q
Hand of benediction
A
Median nerve
6
Q
Heberden’s nodes
A
OA
DIP joints
7
Q
Bouchard’s nodes
A
RA
PIP joints
8
Q
Ulnar drift
A
MCP joint with arthritis
9
Q
Swan neck
A
PIP hyperextension and DIP flexion
10
Q
Boutonniere
A
PIP flexion and DIP extension
11
Q
Dupuytrens Contracture - what will you feel when you palpate
A
Fibrous, very dense and hard to move and as advances will be cord like
12
Q
Trigger finger
A
Tenosynovitis on the flexor tendons and can’t go through pulley system, might be surgical
13
Q
Mallet finger
A
Avulsion of extensor tendon at DIP
DIP assumes flexed position
