Anatomy
Injury
CT/XRAY
MRI/ULTRASOUND
Hip Facts
100

What kinda of joint is the hip? 

What is ball and socket 

100

What is the most common reason for a hip replacement? 

What is osteoarthritis (OA)
100

What is the standard patient positioning for an X-ray?

What is anterior-posterior (AP)
100

Name the three primary views needed for MRI or the hip/pelvis. 

What is axial, sagittal, and coronal. 
100

When it comes to hips, whose hips don't lie?

WHO IS SHAKIRA SHAKIRA 

200

Name 2 common sites of boney pathologies. 

what are: 

-Pubic symphysis

-SI joint 

-Sacrum and coccyx

-Acetabulum

-Femoral head

-Greater trochanter

200

In FAI, what is the name of the lesion where there is abnormal acetabular growth over the femoral head? 

What is pincer 
200

How should the patient's legs be positioned for pelvis x-ray? 

What is 15-20 degrees internally rotated. 

200

What structure is best seen on MRI? 

What is soft tissue 

200

What is the reason that women have a higher carrying angle than men? 

What is hip width 

300

If the angle of inclination is 145 degrees, what is the diagnosis? 

What is coxa valga 

300

What is the best imaging technique a suspected labrum tear? 

What is MR Arthrography 

300

What position can be utilized for the best view of the medial femoral head, neck and proximal third of the shaft. 

What is lateral frog leg? 

300

What nerve is most commonly viewed through ultrasound?

What is sciatic nerve

300

What is the true name of the pelvis as a whole? 

What is the os coxae

400
What is the angle of the pubic arch in a female pelvis?
What is 80-90 degrees 
400

What is wrong here? 

What is hip labral tear

400

Name 3 reasons for this procedure 


•Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteonecrosis  

•Pain or limitations with ADLs 

•Inadequate relief from anti-inflammatory drugs, PT, or walking support 

400

List the ABCDES of MRI interpretation. 

Alignment of anatomy

Bone signal 

Cartilage

eDema

Soft tissue and synovial fluid 

400

What is the name of the bone formed from the fusion of the ilium, ischium and pubis? 

What is innominate 
500

What nerve leaves the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen and re-enters through the lesser sciatic foramen? 

What is the pudendal nerve 

500

Name 4 symptoms of osteoarthritis

What is 

- stiffness (esp in the morning) 

- locking/ grinding 

- joint instability 

- fatigue 

- decreased ROM - specifically IR 

500

What is the recommended slice increment and thickness for a pelvic CT scan? 

What is 1.25 mm 

500

What structure of the hip is difficult to see through ultrasound? 

What is the labrum. 

500

Who is the the famous ballerina who just got a hip replacement? 

Who is Misty Copeland