Section 3 Flashcards
Define Tendon
Tissue that links muscle to bone
Define Ligament
Tissue that connects bone to bone
Describe separated shoulder injury
When ligaments between the collarbone and shoulder blade are torn
Describe a dislocated shoulder injury
When the rotator cuff is popped out of joint
Which elbow flexors is best at flexing when pronated
Brachioradialis
Which arteries accompany the superficial arm veins
None (Arteries aren’t superficial)
Which vein is most commonly used to draw blood?
Medial Cubital
Define Crutch Palsy
Generally extensor muscle weakness (radial Nerve)
Define Carpal tunnel syndrome
Weak Pronation, tingling, weak thumb (Median Nerve)
Erb’s Palsy
Top of plexus damaged - waiter’s tip position
Klumke’s palsy
Bottom of plexus damaged-claw hand (ulnar nerve) difficult to flex wrist and digits
Define strain
Damage to the muscle/ tendon
Define sprain
Damage to the ligament
What is Pollux
Thumb
What is tennis elbow
Micro tears in extensor digitorum origin
Define avulsion
Ripping tendon off of bone
Describe the exact avulsion that causes mallet finger
When the distal extensor digitorum or thumb is forced back farther then its meant to go (commonly by a ball)
Ganglion cyst (synovial)
Cyst on the wrist that will go away with pressure, filled with Novia Fluid
Tendons and nerves in carpal tunnel
Tendon: flexor carpi radialis, flexor policies longus, flexor digitorum
Nerve: median Nerve
Describe thoracic outlet syndrome and name the artery
Compression of the subclavian artery causing clots