You are getting on my nerves
Bad to the bone
Why can't I...
Is this bad?
Wild Card...
100

Can be injured during a proximal humerus fracture that involves the surgical neck

What is the axillary nerve

100

I am the carpal bone with a "hook"

What is the hamate

100

My doctor says I have a nerve injury.  Why can't I extend my wrist?

What is "you have injured your radial nerve"

100

Not holding a muscle test for 5 full seconds.

What is "yes, this is bad"

100

This cranial nerve is purely motor and one of its functions is to OPEN the eye.

What is Cranial Nerve III, the oculomotor nerve

200

I supply the majority of the motor innervation to the hand.

What is the ulnar nerve.

200

I am a carpal bone with an unusual blood supply and when fractured can develop avascular necrosis

What is the scaphoid

200

My therapist says I am lacking joint mobility in my shoulder.  I cannot achieve full shoulder external rotation and to a lesser extent abduction, and then internal rotation.  What is wrong with me?

What is "you have adhesive capsulitis".

200

Not doing my sensory examination on the skin (over socks, for example").

What is "yes, this is bad".

200

The medical definition of of this is "forced expiration against a closed glottis" and can reproduce pain in patients with a disc herniation or other space occupying lesion in the spine.

What is a valsalva maneuver?

300

DAILY DOUBLE

I emerge from underneath the distal edge of the supinator where I am referred to as this.

What is the posterior interosseous nerve

300

Kienbock's disease involves __________ bone and is associated with  _____________ ulnar variance.

What is LUNATE and NEGATIVE

300

I am a 12 year old little league pitcher with aspirations to play in major league baseball.  I am having significant medial elbow pain. Why can't I pitch tonight, there may be scouts at the game?

What is "you have little league elbow and it needs rest".  (And you have less than 1% chance of making the big leagues according to statistics)

300

Waiting until the day or two before my ortho written exam to start studying.

What is "yes, this is bad."

300

This is the 5th planet from the sun.

What is Jupiter

400

I innervate the thenar muscles (with the exception of the deep head of FPB) and I am the culprit in carpal tunnel syndrome.

What is the recurrent branch of the median nerve.

400

This type of osseous lesion of the head of the humerus is common following a traumatic dislocation of the glenohumeral joint

What is a Hill-Sachs lesion?

400

I slipped on the ice and landed on my right arm. Now when my therapist passively raises my arm out to the side an asks me to lower it slowly, it drops to my side.  Why can't I control it?

What is "because you likely have torn your rotator cuff".

400

Choosing special tests that both rule in and rule out a diagnosis.

What is "no, this is good".

400

These are the vessels carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.

What are the pulmonary veins.

500

I innervate the skin of the lateral aspect of the shoulder and I am a terminal branch of the axillary nerve.

What is the superior lateral brachial cutaneous nerve.
500

I am a fracture of the distal radius with dorsal angulation of the bone fragment, common with FOOSH injuries.

What is a Colle's fracture?

500

Why can't I diagnose a condition based upon one special test alone?

What is "because clusters of signs and symptoms have better predictive ability than single tests alone".

500

Coming to see your course instructors when you need explanation of a topic or idea.

What is "no, this is good".

500

DAILY DOUBLE

The number of TENDONS in the carpal tunnel

What is 9? (FDP-4, FDS-4, FPL-1)