Sports Med. Flashcards
A chronic strain of the medial or lateral epicondyle in the elbow; often known as tennis elbow
Epicondylitis
A nerve within the brachial plexus that passes through the cubital tunnel in the posterior aspect of the medial epicondyle
Ulnar nerve
Injury to the thumb that results in tearing or stretching of the MP joint or rupture of the ulnar collateral ligament
Gamekeepers thumb
The abnormal movement of one of the bones that constitute a joint
Subluxation
Inflammation of tendons caused by overuse or repetitive motions
Tendinitis
A tear of the extensor tendon of the PIP joint, at the middle of the finer and the DIP joint that controls the fingertip
Boutonnière deformity
An inflammatory disorder caused by irritation of the tissues and nerves around the medial nerve
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Irritation, compression, and entrapment of the ulnar nerve
Cubital tunnel syndrome
Entrapment of the radial nerve
Radial tunnel syndrome
A break in the scaphoid bone in the thumb
Scaphoid fracture
An injury to the finger resulting from tearing of the finger tendon and damaging the cartilage
Baseball (mallet) finger
A small, hard lump above a tendon or in the capsule that encloses a joint
Ganglion
An injury to the finger resulting in tearing of the flexor tendon in the fingertip
Jersey finger
The bony ends of the humerous that lies outside of the elbow joint
Lateral epicondyle
A condition in which muscles in the palm side of the forearm shorten, causing the fingers to form a fist and the wrist to bend
Volkmanns contracture
The bony end of the humerus that forms with the elbow joint
Medial epicondyle
A nerve within the brachial plexus that crosses the anterior elbow, passes between the heads of the pronator teres, and runs distal to the joint
Median nerve
Inflammation of the bursa over the olecranon process of the elbow
Olecranon bursitis
A chronic strain of the lateral epicondyle in the elbow, often known as epicondylitis
Tennis elbow
Entrapment or compression of the median nerve
Pronator teres syndrome
A nerve within the brachial plexus that passes anteriorly to the lateral epicondyle and lies in a runner of several muscles and tendons
Radial nerve
A passageway from the forearm through the wrist
Carpal tunnel
Hand bones
Metacarpals
Abnormal movement of the bones of s joint
Subluxation
Wrist bones
Carpals
A fracture in the fifth metacarpal
Boxers fracture
A nerve that lies in a tunnel of several muscles and tendons
Radial
Bone on the thumb side of the forearms
Radius
Finger bones
Phalanges
Displacement of a bone from its normal position
Dislocation
Decreased blood supply to an organ or tissue
Ischemia
Tendinitis originating in the base of the thumb, on the back side of the wrist, and the palm side of the wrist
deQuervains tenosynovitis
