Study Guide- Hand & Wrist
HAND/ WRIST
Review ALL your Terminology!
Name the Two Bones of the Arm: ___________________________________________________
What is the Thumb Side bone? _____________________________________________________
What is the pinky side bone? ________________________________________________________
What is a Colles Fracture? __________________________________________________________
What are the bones of the Fingers called? _____________________________________________
How many actual fingers bones are there in one hand? ___________________________________
What is the wrist bones called? ______________________________________________________
What kind of a joint is the thumb? ____________________________________________________
What is the DIP joint? _____________________________________________________________
What is the PIP joint? ______________________________________________________________
How many Carpal Bones are there? __________________________________________________
List the Carpal Bones ______________________________________________________________
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How many Metacarpal Bones are in the Hand? __________________________________________
What is Tenosynovitis? ____________________________________________________________
What is the EPB? ________________________________________________________________
What is the ABL? _________________________________________________________________
Describe Skiers Thumb: ___________________________________________________________
MP Joint- _______________________________________________________________________
UCL of the Thumb/ finger: __________________________________________________________
Thenar Muscle is what? ___________________________________________________________
What is the Retinaculum of the wrist? _________________________________________________
Describe the Finger Mechanism: _____________________________________________________
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Hamate Fracture: _________________________________________________________________
Scaphoid Fracture: ________________________________________________________________
Anatomical Snuffbox: ______________________________________________________________
Impingement Syndrome: ___________________________________________________________
Carpal Tunnel- __________________________________________________________________
Radial Nerve: ____________________________________________________________________
Ulnar Nerve______________________________________________________________________
Median Nerve: ___________________________________________________________________
De Quervains syndrome: ___________________________________________________________
What is a Bennett's Fracture? _______________________________________________________
What is a Boutonniere Deformity? ____________________________________________________
What is a Boxer’s Fracture? _______________________________________________________
What is Jersey Finger? ____________________________________________________________
What is Mallet Finger? ____________________________________________________________
What is Skier’s Thumb (Game Keepers Thumb)? ________________________________________
What is Trigger finger? _____________________________________________________________
ELBOW
What are the 3 bones of the Elbow? ________________________________________________
What is the elbow called? ________________________________________________________
What kind of a joint is it? ________________________________________________________
The muscle responsible for primarily Elbow EXTENSION is? ______________________________
The muscle responsible for primarily Elbow FLEXION is? ________________________________
Distal end of the Humerus that is superior to the Head of the Radius is called: ________________
What is the most commonly injured Ligament in the Elbow? ______________________________
Which Ligament in the Elbow is rarely injured? ________________________________________
What is “Tennis Elbow”? ___________________________________________________________
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What is Little League Elbow? ________________________________________________________
What is Golfer’s Elbow? ____________________________________________________________
What is an Avulsion FX? ____________________________________________________________
What is the Epiphysis (Epiphyseal) ? _________________________________________________
What is the most commonly dislocated joints in the body? _________________________________
What is a Olecranon Contusion/Bursitis? _______________________________________________
Distal Radial Fracture are most commonly caused by ____________________________________
What is Monteggia Fracture? ________________________________________________________
SHOULDER
What kind of joint is the Shoulder? __________________________________________________
What is the Axillia? ______________________________________________________________
What are the bones of the Shoulder?
Arm Bone; H______________________________________
Collar bone; C_____________________________________
Shoulder Blade; S _________________________________
What is the glenoid fossa of the scapula? ______________________________________________
What is the Sternum? _____________________________________________________________
What is the Coracoid Process? _______________________________________________________
What is the Aromion Process? _______________________________________________________
What is the bony ridge of Scapula called? _____________________________________________
What is the AC JT? _______________________________________________________________
What is the GH JT? ______________________________________________________________
What is the SC JT? ______________________________________________________________
What is the brachial plexus? ________________________________________________________
Where does the Brachial Plexus originate from? _________________________________________
What are the Rotator Cuff Muscles: SITS-
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S__________________________________
I ____________________________________
T _________________________________
S ____________________________________
What does the Deltoid do? _________________________________________________________
KNOW THE MOVEMENTS OF THE SHOULDER!
What does tingling indicate? ________________________________________________________
What does Clicking indicate? _______________________________________________________
What is trigger finger? ____________________________________________________________
What is tenosynovitis? ___________________________________________________________
What is Crepitus? _______________________________________________________________
What is Frozen Shoulder? _________________________________________________________
What is Impingement Syndrome? ____________________________________________________
What is a Shoulder Separation? ______________________________________________________
What is a SLAP Tear? ______________________________________________________________
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What is Tommy Johns Injury (Surgery)? _______________________________________________
What is instability (MDI)? __________________________________________________________
KNOW THE SPECIAL TESTS OF THE SHOULDER!!!
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