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What is the most dislocated carpal bone?

Lunate

How many carpal bones are there?

8

What is the medical term for bones in the finger?

Phalange

How many phalangeal bones are in 1 human hand?

14

What phalange only has 1 IP joint?

Thumb

Name the 8 carpal bones.

Lunate, capitate, scaphoid, triquetrum, trapezoid, pisiform, hamate, trapezium.

What are the different types of wrist fractures?

Colles, scaphoid.

What injury presents itself in the anatomical snuff box?

Scaphoid fracture.

Name the 3 FOOSH injuries.

Scaphoid fracture, Colles fracture, dislocated lunate.

What is the only nerve injury of the wrist?

Carpal tunnel syndrome.

What is the MOI of a scaphoid fracture?

FOOSH.

What is the MOI of carpal tunnel syndrome?

Overuse.

What is the follow-up treatment for jersey finger?

Surgery.

What is the immediate treatment for IP ligament sprain?

Buddy tape/splint.

What is skier's thumb?

UCL sprain.

What are early signs of carpal tunnel syndrome?

Numbness/tingling in the fingers.

What is a mallet finger?

Avulsion fracture of the extensor tendons.

What is the difference between a wrist sprain and a wrist strain?

Ligament v tendon/muscle.

How will a dislocated IP and MCP joint present?

Bent laterally.

What is a complication of a scaphoid fracture?

Non-union.

What is the medical term for a jammed finger?

Sprain of the IP collateral ligament.

What bones are affected in a boxer fracture?

5 metacarpal and sometimes the 4th.

How many joints in the first phalange?

What is the MOI of a jersey finger?

Grabbing on a jersey and forcefully extended in a flexed position.

What do all hinge joints have?

Collateral ligaments.

What 3 tendons make up the anatomical snuff box?

Extensor pollicis longus, abductor pollicis, extensor pollicis brevis.

The extensors are located on the dorsal side. True or False?

True.

Everyone has a palmaris longus. True or False?

False.

What is the most common MOI for a wrist injury?

FOOSH.

What type of joints are the phalanges?

Hinge.

What are all carpals connected by?

Ligaments.

What metacarpals are injured during a boxer’s fracture?

5th met and sometimes the 4th.

What is the triangular impression found on the lateral aspect of the dorsum of the hand?

Anatomical snuff box.

Name all the muscles that originate on the medial epicondyle.

Flexor carpi ulnaris, palmaris longus, flexor carpi radialis, pronator teres.

What is the MOI for a Colles fracture?

FOOSH.

What injury occurs at the PIP joint?

Boutonniere deformity.

What is a non-surgical way to treat Boutonniere deformity?

Splint.

What does TFCC stand for?

Triangular fibrocartilage complex.

What is the main complication of a scaphoid fracture?

Non-union.

What is the common term for an IP ligament sprain?

Jammed finger.

1 day of immobilization equals how many days of rehab?

What injury results in permanent disfigurement if not treated properly?

Jersey & mallet fingers.

Where is the TFCC located?

Medial wrist.

What causes mallet finger?

Direct hit to the tip of the finger.

What is the MOI for dislocation of the lunate?

FOOSH.

How do you test for deQuervains’ tendonitis?

Finkelstein’s.

What is a jersey finger?

Avulsion of the flexor tendons.

What is another name for an IP collateral ligament sprain?

Jammed finger.

What finger is most commonly affected in jersey finger?

Ring finger.

What is the difference between jersey finger and mallet finger?

Extensors v flexors.

What joint does Boutonniere deformity usually affect?

PIP.