Anatomy
These bones make up the elbow joint.
What are the radius, ulna and humerus?
This is a chronic systemic disease with inflammatory changes in the connective tissue of the elbow and other joints.
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis?
What is the most common MOI for Elbow injuries? What's a second one? (Bonus)
What is -foosh -repetitive overhead activities
This piece of anatomy articulates with the radial head.
What is the capitulum?
Inflammation of the fluid filled sac that encloses the elbow joint.
What is bursitis?
What is the most common problem/injury of the elbow?
What is - lateral epicondylitis
This is the beak like projection of the proximal ulna.
What is olecranon process?
Another name for Nursemaids elbow.
What is radial head subluxation or a partial dislocation of the elbow joint?
What injury affects 10-25% of young pitchers and is caused by repetitive micro trauma from throwing and results in many elbow growth disorders?
What is little league elbow?
These are the structures that appear as concentric circles on a well executed lateral elbow radiograph.
What are the trochlear sulcus, outer edges of the capitulum and trochlea, and troclear notch of the ulna?
This is an isolated fracture of the ulna with associated dislocation of the radius in the elbow.
What is Monteggia fracture?
What is this a description of: -pain and pressure in arm, coldness, deceased motion - pain greater when passively extend fingers - brachial and radial pulses stop -should remove wraps or casts and elevate
What is Volkmann's Contracture?
The ginglymus is the joint better know as this type of joint.
What is a hinge joint? [The elbow is a good example of this joint]
Name this pathology demonstrated in the picture.
What is complete dislocation of the elbow joint?
-if a person is unable to touch the thumb and index together
What is -Indicates entrapment of the anterior interosseous nerve bt the 2 heads of the pronator muscle