Joints
Joint between the distal and middle phalanges of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th digit
What is the DIP (Distal Interphalangeal Joint)
This is the number of carpal bones you have
What is 8?
Opposite of palmar
What is dorsal?
Bone that sits under the 1st metacarpal
What is trapezium?
TRUE OR FALSE. A client may have a hand and a wrist read off of the same set of images. Dedicated images are not needed.
What is false?
Joint between the middle and proximal phalanges of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th digit.
What is the PIP (Proximal Interphalangeal Joint)?
Bone that sits ontop of your triquetrum
What is pisiform?
Other word for the Palmar side of the hand
What is volar?
Your carpals are to your hand what your ______ are to your foot
What are tarsals?
Term used to describe calcified veins typically seen in pelvis
TRUE OR FALSE. Your joint spaces should NOT be even in size.
What is false?
Name of common fracture seen of the 5th metacarpal
What is boxer's fracture?
Other name for a buckle fracture
What is torus?
What is mouth and trachea?
Term used to describe abdominal fluid
What is ascites?
Joint space between metacarpals and carpals
What is carpometacarpal joint?
What kind of fracture is typically best seen on the lateral view of a wrist x-ray?
Hint: Quack quack.
What is a triquetral fracture?
What does the abbreviation "HX" and "FX" stand for?
What is history and fracture?
An NG tube ideally goes from your ____ to your _______.
What is nose and stomach?
If a report states the patient has cholecystectomy clips, what organ has the patient had removed?
What is the gallbladder?
Term used to describe a slight dislocation or misalignment of a joint
What is subluxation?
Bone that is inbetween your hamate and trapezoid
What is capitate?
What does AAA stand for?
What is Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm?
The name for the little notch at the end of your distal ulna
What is ulnar styloid?
What kind of finding would osteomyelitis of the spine be classified as? (Negative, significant, or critical?
What is critical?