Wed before thanksgiving - orthopedics Flashcards
1
Q
Wolff’s law
A
bony structures orient themselves in form and mass to best resist extrinsic forces.
2
Q
How do you fix herniated discs?
A
Laminotomy
3
Q
This syndrome causes CENTRAL disc herniation. symptoms?
A
Cauda equina syndrome
numb
motor deficit
bowel and bladder function defecit
can be permanent if not decompressed
4
Q
What nutritionally supplies the cartilage on bone?
A
The underlying bone!
5
Q
Lockman test
A
for ACL, pull the tibia anteriorly
6
Q
What do tall athletes get (tenderness and swelling on a certain part of the knee)
A
Osgood-schlatter syndrome
site of the infrapatellar tendon insertion into the tibial tubercle.
7
Q
Plantar faccitis
A
Overuse injury of the medial tubercle of the calcaneus
8
Q
posterior dislocation of the hip can result in impingment of what nerve?
A
Sciatic nerve.
