APMLE PART 2 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
1099 Correct Answers what you get for performing services as
an independent contractor
3 bony procedures for flatfoot recon Correct Answers Evans
(lateral column lengthening): transverse plane (& some frontal,
technically triplanar)
- note: evans = procedure of choice in CP!
Koutsiggianis (medial calcaneal slide/MCDO/PCDO):
transverse/frontal plane
Cotton (1st cun dorsal opening wedge): sagittal plane
3 factors affecting beam attenuation Correct Answers scatter,
absorption, distance
ABCs Correct Answers - calc
- expansile, lobulated, multi-septated mass with varying signal
intensity, numerous cavities
acetaminophen antidote Correct Answers NAC
antidote for anticholinesterase inhibitors Correct Answers
atropine or pralidoxime
antidote for lead Correct Answers succimer
antidote or iron Correct Answers deferoxamine
AVN names Correct Answers
,AVN of femoral head Correct Answers Legg-Calf-Perthes
disease
avulsion fracture of AITFL off anterior fibula Correct Answers
Wagstaff-Leforte
avulsion fracture of AITFL off anterior tibia Correct Answers
Tilaux-Chaput
avulsion fracture of PITFL off posterior tibia Correct Answers
Volkmann-Tillaux
Bedpost fracture Correct Answers toe fracture, i.e. due to
stubbing your toe on bedpost @ night
Benzodiazapine antidote Correct Answers Flumenazil
best combo of kVp, mA, exposure time Correct Answers high
kVp, low mA, short exposure time
best projection for CNJ coalition Correct Answers lateral or
lateral oblique*
(note: medial oblique view)
best projection for TNJ coalition Correct Answers AP or medial
oblique*
*note: lateral oblique view!
, best. projection for STJ coalition Correct Answers Harris &
Beath (middle & posterior facets)
bimall fx Correct Answers Pott's fx
bone tumors Correct Answers
bone tumors that. are located in epiphysis Correct Answers
CIGs (cigarrettes)
- Chondroblastoma, Clear Cell Chondrosarcoma
- Intraosseous ganglion
- Giant cell tumor
Bosworth Correct Answers mid-fibular fx that's posteriorly
displaced behind tibia
Bremsstrahlung (Brems) Correct Answers Bremsstrahlung
(Brems):
projectile electron is attracted to the nucleus of a target atom (+)
--> electron's path slows/breaks & deviates --> lost kinetic
energy is emitted as an xray (Brems xray!)
cause of most **primary beam** formation in podiatric xrays
(*means breaking*)
Broden's view Correct Answers actually 2 oblique views
Internally rotate the foot 45 deg on plate and angle beam to 40
deg to caudal direction
SOLUTIONS
1099 Correct Answers what you get for performing services as
an independent contractor
3 bony procedures for flatfoot recon Correct Answers Evans
(lateral column lengthening): transverse plane (& some frontal,
technically triplanar)
- note: evans = procedure of choice in CP!
Koutsiggianis (medial calcaneal slide/MCDO/PCDO):
transverse/frontal plane
Cotton (1st cun dorsal opening wedge): sagittal plane
3 factors affecting beam attenuation Correct Answers scatter,
absorption, distance
ABCs Correct Answers - calc
- expansile, lobulated, multi-septated mass with varying signal
intensity, numerous cavities
acetaminophen antidote Correct Answers NAC
antidote for anticholinesterase inhibitors Correct Answers
atropine or pralidoxime
antidote for lead Correct Answers succimer
antidote or iron Correct Answers deferoxamine
AVN names Correct Answers
,AVN of femoral head Correct Answers Legg-Calf-Perthes
disease
avulsion fracture of AITFL off anterior fibula Correct Answers
Wagstaff-Leforte
avulsion fracture of AITFL off anterior tibia Correct Answers
Tilaux-Chaput
avulsion fracture of PITFL off posterior tibia Correct Answers
Volkmann-Tillaux
Bedpost fracture Correct Answers toe fracture, i.e. due to
stubbing your toe on bedpost @ night
Benzodiazapine antidote Correct Answers Flumenazil
best combo of kVp, mA, exposure time Correct Answers high
kVp, low mA, short exposure time
best projection for CNJ coalition Correct Answers lateral or
lateral oblique*
(note: medial oblique view)
best projection for TNJ coalition Correct Answers AP or medial
oblique*
*note: lateral oblique view!
, best. projection for STJ coalition Correct Answers Harris &
Beath (middle & posterior facets)
bimall fx Correct Answers Pott's fx
bone tumors Correct Answers
bone tumors that. are located in epiphysis Correct Answers
CIGs (cigarrettes)
- Chondroblastoma, Clear Cell Chondrosarcoma
- Intraosseous ganglion
- Giant cell tumor
Bosworth Correct Answers mid-fibular fx that's posteriorly
displaced behind tibia
Bremsstrahlung (Brems) Correct Answers Bremsstrahlung
(Brems):
projectile electron is attracted to the nucleus of a target atom (+)
--> electron's path slows/breaks & deviates --> lost kinetic
energy is emitted as an xray (Brems xray!)
cause of most **primary beam** formation in podiatric xrays
(*means breaking*)
Broden's view Correct Answers actually 2 oblique views
Internally rotate the foot 45 deg on plate and angle beam to 40
deg to caudal direction