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wrist comp qs
wrist comp questions and pathology
Question | Answer |
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Which surface of the wrist contains the carpal sulcus? | anterior/palmar |
Is the carpal sulcus concave or convex? | concave |
What is the name of the fibrous band that attaches across the carpal sulcus? | flexor retinaculum |
What does the flexor retinaculum attach to? | pisiform and hook of hamate medially, and the tubercles of the scaphoid and trapezium laterally. |
what creates the carpal tunnel? | the flexor retinaculum and the carpal sulcus |
what passes through the carpal canal? | median nerve and flexor tendons |
what causes carpal tunnel syndrome? | compression of the median nerve inside the carpal tunnel. |
Bennett’s fracture | fx at base for first metacarpal |
Boxer’s fracture | fx at metacarpal neck |
Colle’s fracture | fx of the distal radius with posterior displacement |
Smith’s fracture | fx of the distal radius with anterior displacement |
Buckle fracture | impacted fracture with bulging periosteum |
Carpal tunnel syndrome | compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel |
Tendonitis | inflammation of the tendon |