MSK extra Flashcards
Adults have __% cortical bone, __% trabecular bone.
80
20
PTH acts on the kidney to increase reabsorption of calcium within the ________ tubule of the nephron and to increase phosphate secretion in the ________ tubule of the nephron.
Distal
Proximal
What is osteomalacia?
Vitamin D deficiency leads to soft bones
What is the precursor of a skeletal cell?
Satellite cell
Osteoclasts bind to the bone matrix via which receptors?
Integrin
What is the main component of bone ECM?
Hydroxyapatite
Premature osteocyte death occurs in…
osteoporosis.
Where do osteocytes reside?
Lacunae
Red bone marrow is found in which type of bone?
Flat
Prostate metastasis causes _________ lesions whereas renal and thyroid metastasis cause ________ lesions.
Sclerotic
Osteolytic
When is the popeye sign present?
Long head of biceps rupture proximally
What is a common cause of swelling and knee pain in kids?
Osgood-Schlatter’s disease
Stress fractures are obvious and easily seen by Xrays. T/F
False
In a suspected spinal injury, what is the best way to open the airawy?
Jaw thrust
Match these foot injuries to their associations:
- Lisfranc injury
- metatarsal base stress fracture
- Calcaneal fracture
A. Ballet
B. Football or RTA
C. Fall from height
- B
- A
- C
Describe chondrosarcomas
Osteolytic and worse at night
The leg is _________ rotated in a posterior hip dislocation.
internally
What does Gustilo-Anderson assess?
Soft tissue injury
Wound size
Vascular injury
How do fat embolisms present?
Breathlessness
Confusion
Rash
Where does Sclerosing osteomyelitis of Garre occur?
Mandible
C perfringes 🧔🏾♀️
Gas 💨
Common fibular nerve
Common peroneal nerve
Olecranon
Ulnar cup
List carpal tunnel treatment in order of step up therapy.
Splint
Steroids
Surgery
Greenstick fracture
Incomplete fracture caused by bending
Buckle/torus fractures
Bulging impaction fracture
Aneurysms are always…
pulsatile and expansile.
What is sudeck’s atrophy?
Complex regional pain syndrome
Hot
Shiny
Painful to light touch
Red
Post op
List some risk factors for trigger finger
Female
50-60
Diabetes
Dominant hand
Do steroids increase risk of AVN?
Yes
How should sudeck’s atrophy be treated?
Conservatively with amytriptyline
How are undisplaced intracapsular fractures treated?
Internal fixation with hip screws
What is commonly fractured in tennis players?
Hamate
What does garden classification describe?
Intracapsular hip fractures
Cipro
Quino
How do Lisfranc injuries occur?
Twisting
What is the advantage of a plaster back slab?
Allows room for swelling
What sorts of conditions should ESR be monitored in?
Inflammatory
Malignancy
What’s the best investigation for ligaments?
MRI
What is the capitellum?
Elbow ball bone
How do capitellum fractures present?
Lateral tenderness with inability to extend
What is Lipohaemarthrosis?
Blood and fat in joint fractures