Injuries etc

Question 1

What could injury to the Ulnar never cause? Which cervical nerves?

Answer 1

C7 C8 T1 - Would cause numbness to the medial part of the palm and medial 1 1/2 fingers (little and half ring) weak flexion and adduction in the wrist

Question 2

What is avulsion of medial epicondyle? Affects who?

Answer 2

Ossification occurs independently and connected by cartilage 14-20 yrs .. before this trauma can stretch ulnar ligament and cause the epicondyle to come out of place

Question 3

Humeral fracture may damage which nerve and why?

Answer 3

Radial, proximal fragement pulled by the deltoid and can inpinge radial nerve in groove

Question 4

What is a supracondylar fracture, injuries to what?

Answer 4

Distal fracture above epicondyles, mostly in children, median nerve and brachial artery at risk

Question 5

What type of joint is the wrist?

Answer 5

Synovial ellipsoid

Question 6

Which things pass through the carpal tunnel?

Answer 6

Median nerve, flexor pollicis longus, Flexor digitorum profundus and flexor digitorum superficialis.

Question 7

Damage to the lunate may lead to what? Caused by what?

Answer 7

median nerve damage due to FOOSH

Question 8

What is a colles fracture/

Answer 8

Distal radius fracture

Question 9

Fracture seperation of the epiphysis common in who?>

Answer 9

Chidlren, good prognosis

Question 10

What is subclavian steal syndrome?

Answer 10

occluded subclavian artery so blood is “stolen” from the circle of willis

Question 11

When does the subclavian become the axillary?

Answer 11

Lateral border of first rib

Question 12

When does the Axillary become the brachial

Answer 12

Inferior border of teres major

Question 13

The median cubital vein drains into where?

Answer 13

Basillic vein

Question 14

Anterolateral aspect of the arm supplied by which artery?

Answer 14

Radial artery

Question 15

Medial side of arm supplies by

Answer 15

Ulnar

Question 16

The deltopectoral triangle has which vein running through it?

Answer 16

Cephalic (lateral side)

Question 17

Erbs palsy is caused by damage to which nerves?

Answer 17

C5 and C6 due to neck stretching

Question 18

An adducted shoulder, medially rotated and extended elbow could indacte what at birth?

Answer 18

Erbs palsy

Question 19

Horners syndrome is damage to which nerve/

Answer 19

T1 sympathetic face fibres (no sweating drooping eye)

Question 20

Klumpkes palsy is what?

Answer 20

Damage to INFERIO trunks (C8 T1) ulnar, hand deformities.

Question 21

Why might a person have a claw hand?

Answer 21

Paralysed lumbricals in 4 and 5 digit

Question 22

A wrist drop could be a sign of what?

Answer 22

Radial nerve damage

Question 23

Hand of benediction is inability to flex which digits? nerve problem>

Answer 23

2-3 median nerve

Question 24

The thumb and lateral side of the index finger are mosty supplied by …

Answer 24

Radial artery

Question 25

Where does the ulnar artery lay?

Answer 25

Between palmaris brevis and flexor retinaculum

Question 26

The ulnar artery enters the hand through what?

Answer 26

Guyons canal (also nerve)

Question 27

What is allens test and what is it used for?

Answer 27

Check ulnar collateral circulation before radial stab