Midterm Matching

Question 1

Fx of the neck of the 4th or 5th metacarpal

Answer 1

Boxers Fx

Question 2

Acute sprain of the ulnar collateral ligament of the thumb

Answer 2

Skiers Thumb

Question 3

A fx of the palmar base of the proximal 1st metacarpal

Answer 3

Bennet Fx…abductor pollucis longus tendon is pulling the bone off the wrist

Question 4

Radius fx in which distal fragment is displaced in a DORSAL direction

Answer 4

Colles Fx

Question 5

Condition affecting the abductor pollicis longus and the extensor pollicis brevis tendon and sheaths

Answer 5

Dequervains disease

Question 6

A distal radius fx displaced in a PALMER direction

Answer 6

Smiths Fx

Question 7

Formation of pits and firm nodules that lie just below the skin of the palm

Answer 7

Dupuytrens disease

Question 8

Median nerve is compressed or entrapped at the wrist

Answer 8

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Question 9

Fx in the proximal third of the bone has a high incidence of nonunion

Answer 9

Scaphoid fx

Question 10

Pain in the ulnar side of the wrist….injury from an axial force applied to the ulnar side

Answer 10

Triangular Fibrocartilage complex

Question 11

Inflammation of the tendon

Answer 11

Tendinitis

Question 12

Inflammation of the synovial sheath of the tendon

Answer 12

Tenosynovitis

Question 13

Degeneration of the tendon

Answer 13

Tendinosis

Question 14

Pt. reports catching of the finger or thumb doing flexion or extension

Answer 14

Trigger finger