Midterm Quick Cards Flashcards
what runs through the carpal tunnel?
median n.
4 tendons of the FDS
4 tendons of the FDP
flexor pollicis longus tenson
radial pulse in the wrist (flexor) can be taken where?
immediately lateral to the Flexor carpi radialis tendon
what lies in the midpalmar space?
FDS tendons
FDP tendons
lumbricals
supplied by median and ulnar n.
what nerve supplies the hypothenar eminence?
deep branch of ulnar n.
what arteries in the hand anastomose?
common palmar digital a. of ulnar a.
with palmar metacarpal a. from the deep arch.
what is tuberculous vertebral osteomylitis - Pott’s disease?
paravertebral abcess = inflammation/infection of vertebral bodies
what are syndesmophytes?
abnormal bone flowing - no spaces
aka bamboo spine
what can tb lead to?
potts disease
what is ankylosing spondolytis?
back and hip ain, plain radiographs showing “squaring” of vertebra = bamboo spine with flowing bony growths bridging vertebral bodies (syndesmophytes) and sclerosis/erosions at eh SIJ bilaterally
what study do you use to see just bone?
x ray
what study do you use to see bony detail?
CT
what study do you use to see sft tissue?
MRI - T2 weight is fluid sentifive
T1 weighted is not
what is tinels test?
percussing flexor retinaculum if there i pain = carpal tunnel syndrome
what is phalens test
push dorsum of hands together
froments test?
ulnar n. adductor pollicis - pull paper away - they can’t they use FPL (median n. muscle) so they flex thumb knuckle
what is erbs palsy?
waiters tip C5, C6 plsu or minus C7
upper BP injury
the waiters name is SAM?
suprascapular = c5,6
axillary n -
musculocutaneous
crwhat is the most powerful supinator?
biceps brachii
cervical rib may be cause of what?
lower BP injury c8 t1
what innverates all the intrinsic hand muscles?
c8 t1
what is colle’s fractures?
distal radius is fractures with fragments posterior
allen test?
squeeze ulnar and radial a. to test circulation
what is sometimes used as a arterial graft?
radial a.
what is boutinners?
flex at prox ip and extensionat DIP
mallet finger?
base ball finger - forces flexion and stuck DIP
swan neck?
extension of PIP and felxion of DIP
suputren’s contracture?
band pulling on specific fingers
hypertrophy band of palmer aponeurosis
how can you tell if there is a ventricular dilation?
whenever the diameter of the heart is larger than half the diameter of the thorax
