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ACTUAL FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔Bier block - ✔✔Involves the injection of anesthetic agents into the venous circulation
of an extremity with double torniquet
✔✔epidural block - ✔✔the injection of anesthesia into the spinal canal but outside the
dura
✔✔Scalene Block - ✔✔Injection of anesthetic agent into the brachial plexus at the part
of scalene muscles
✔✔Axillary block - ✔✔Injection of anesthetic agent into nerves immediately around the
axillary artery.
✔✔Rolando fracture - ✔✔Comminuted fracture of thumb base extending into
carpometacarpal joint.
✔✔Barton's fracture - ✔✔Fracture and dislocation of the posterior lip of the distal radius
involving the wrist joint
✔✔cross-over syndrome - ✔✔Extensor tendon inflammation at the wrist
, ✔✔Flexor Origin Syndrome - ✔✔Tendonitis originating at the flexor wad at the medial
aspect of the elbow. Also known as Medial Epicondylitis (golfers elbow)
✔✔Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome - ✔✔pain on the lateral side of the knee anterior to
the lateral collateral ligaments secondary to swelling in a bursa or thickening of iliotibial
band. commonly occurs in cyclists and runners.
✔✔impingement syndrome - ✔✔inflammation of tendons that get caught in the narrow
space between the bones within the shoulder joint
✔✔compartment syndrome - ✔✔Swelling in a confined space that produces dangerous
pressure; may cut off blood flow or damage sensitive tissue.
✔✔Osteofibrous dysplasia - ✔✔a rare, non-cancerous (benign) tumor that affects the
long bones. It usually develops in children and adolescents.
✔✔osteogenesis imperfecta - ✔✔brittle bone disease
✔✔Osteofibrochondrosarcoma - ✔✔malignant tumor containing bone and fibrous and
cartilaginous tissue
✔✔Osteomyelodysplasia - ✔✔thinning of the osseous tissue of bones, increase in size
of the marrow cavities, and associated leukopenia and fever.
✔✔sagittal plane - ✔✔divides body into left and right
✔✔coronal plane - ✔✔divides body into front and back
✔✔transverse plane - ✔✔horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions
✔✔frontal plane - ✔✔divides the body into anterior and posterior portions
✔✔electromyography - ✔✔procedure for measuring the electrical activity of a muscle
✔✔coxa valga - ✔✔increased angle of femurs head and neck to axis
✔✔Genu valgum (knock knees) - ✔✔This is a condition in which the knees touch but
the ankles do not.
✔✔Coxa Vara - ✔✔decreased angle of the femurs head and neck to axis
✔✔Genu varum (bowlegs) - ✔✔deformity in which the knees are bowed out and the
ankles are close in
ACTUAL FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔Bier block - ✔✔Involves the injection of anesthetic agents into the venous circulation
of an extremity with double torniquet
✔✔epidural block - ✔✔the injection of anesthesia into the spinal canal but outside the
dura
✔✔Scalene Block - ✔✔Injection of anesthetic agent into the brachial plexus at the part
of scalene muscles
✔✔Axillary block - ✔✔Injection of anesthetic agent into nerves immediately around the
axillary artery.
✔✔Rolando fracture - ✔✔Comminuted fracture of thumb base extending into
carpometacarpal joint.
✔✔Barton's fracture - ✔✔Fracture and dislocation of the posterior lip of the distal radius
involving the wrist joint
✔✔cross-over syndrome - ✔✔Extensor tendon inflammation at the wrist
, ✔✔Flexor Origin Syndrome - ✔✔Tendonitis originating at the flexor wad at the medial
aspect of the elbow. Also known as Medial Epicondylitis (golfers elbow)
✔✔Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome - ✔✔pain on the lateral side of the knee anterior to
the lateral collateral ligaments secondary to swelling in a bursa or thickening of iliotibial
band. commonly occurs in cyclists and runners.
✔✔impingement syndrome - ✔✔inflammation of tendons that get caught in the narrow
space between the bones within the shoulder joint
✔✔compartment syndrome - ✔✔Swelling in a confined space that produces dangerous
pressure; may cut off blood flow or damage sensitive tissue.
✔✔Osteofibrous dysplasia - ✔✔a rare, non-cancerous (benign) tumor that affects the
long bones. It usually develops in children and adolescents.
✔✔osteogenesis imperfecta - ✔✔brittle bone disease
✔✔Osteofibrochondrosarcoma - ✔✔malignant tumor containing bone and fibrous and
cartilaginous tissue
✔✔Osteomyelodysplasia - ✔✔thinning of the osseous tissue of bones, increase in size
of the marrow cavities, and associated leukopenia and fever.
✔✔sagittal plane - ✔✔divides body into left and right
✔✔coronal plane - ✔✔divides body into front and back
✔✔transverse plane - ✔✔horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions
✔✔frontal plane - ✔✔divides the body into anterior and posterior portions
✔✔electromyography - ✔✔procedure for measuring the electrical activity of a muscle
✔✔coxa valga - ✔✔increased angle of femurs head and neck to axis
✔✔Genu valgum (knock knees) - ✔✔This is a condition in which the knees touch but
the ankles do not.
✔✔Coxa Vara - ✔✔decreased angle of the femurs head and neck to axis
✔✔Genu varum (bowlegs) - ✔✔deformity in which the knees are bowed out and the
ankles are close in
