MSK Flashcards

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ACL PCL attachment

A

Fibula marks lateral
PCL attaches medial femoral condole to post tibia
ACL attaches lateral femoral coddle to Ant intercondylar tibia

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Trendelenberg gait

A

2o giving IM injections superiomedially
Injuring superior gluteal L4-S1

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3
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In post hip dislocation which structure is vulnerable

A

Sciatic nerve

Symptom:- fall in elderly or after car accident. Leg will be held in flexion, adduction, internal rotation and will be shorter

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Rigor mortis cellular cause

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Failure of myosin head to detach from actin filament results in diffuse muscle stiffening
Actin myosin cross bridge formation that cannot dissolve without ATP
Calcium binding to tropomysin facilitating cross bridge formation

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Fracture at pterion which artery is vulnerable

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Pterion is region where frontal, parietal, temporal and sphenoid bones meet.

Middle meningeal artery branch ion the maxillary artery ( which is a terminal branch of the ext carotid artery) is at risk

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