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Rad tech Upper Extremities: Hand, Wrist, Forearm, Elbow, and Humerus
Term | Definition |
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How Are the Digits of the Hand Identified? | they are identified by: 1- Number 2-as either Proximal, Middle or Distal |
What Are The Names of the Carpal Bones of the Proximal row? (Including alternate names) | (Going Lateral to Medial) Navicluar (Scaphoid) Lunate (Semilunate) Triquetrial (Cuneiform) Pisiform |
What Are The Names of the Carpal Bones of the Distal row? (Including alternate names) | (Going Lateral to medial) -Trapezium (Gr. Multangular) -Trapezoid (Lesser Multangular) -Capitate (Capitatum) (Os Magnum) -Hamate (Unciform) |
List the different types of Articulations of the hand | -Proximal Interphalangeal (PIP) -Distal Interphalangeal (DIP) _Metacarpophalangeal (MCP) _Metacarpocarpal/ Carpometacarpal (MMC/CMC) |
What are Interphalangeal (IP) joints? | -articulations between the phalanges -identified by location and Digit number -Classified as Diathrotic, freely moving, Hinge type joints |
What are the Carpal bones of the Medial side? | Pisiform Triquetral(cuneiform) Hamate(Unciform) Capitate(Os Magnum) (Capitatum) |
What are the Carpal Bones of the Lateral side? | Navicular (Scaphoid) Lunate (Semi-lunate) Greater Multangular (trapezium) Lesser Multangular (trapezoid) |
Where is the Central Ray for PA fingers? | Perpendicular to PIP Joint of affected finger |
What Carpal bone is Lateral to the Triquetrial(Cuneiform)? | The Lunate (Semi-lunate) |
What 3 Projections do you Preform for the Thumb? | -AP -Lateral -Oblique |
What is the Importance of Fat Pads? | a change in shape or placement of a fat pad may indicate joint infusion or elbow injury. |
Where is the trochlear notch located? | between the Olecranon process and the Coronoid process |
What is another name for the Hamate Carpal bone? | Unciform |