Orthopedic Exam Review
What is the name of a bony overgrowth? - Answer-Exostosis.
When assisting with the application of a plaster cast what principles must be followed? - Answer-Use
warm water, prepare only one plaster bandage or strip at a time, gently squeeze water from plaster
bandage after bubbles ceased to rise, protect floor and furniture, clean fragments off patient and
equipment ASAP.
What is another name for spongy bone? - Answer-Cancellous.
Vertebrae would be examples of what type of bone? - Answer-Irregular.
When bones fracture fragments are manipulated into alignment without incising the skin it is called
what type of reduction? - Answer-Closed reduction.
What are the clinical signs and symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome? - Answer-Tingling of the fingers,
Numbness of the fingers, Loss of sensation in the fingers, decrease in motor control.
, What supplies are used for cast padding? - Answer-Webril, stockinette, soft roll, sheet wadding.
Posteriorly, the ilium joins the sacrum at what location? - Answer-Sacroiliac Joint.
If a patient experienced a complete displacement of a joint it would be referred to as a____? - Answer-
Dislocation.
What area would be prepped on the patient scheduled for a rotator cuff repair? - Answer-Entire arm,
shoulder, to the border of the neck.
What are the distal and proximal ends of a long bone called? - Answer-Epiphyses.
If a patients hand is turned so that the palm is upward it is referred to as ____? - Answer-Supination.
What is the name of the area where bone growth occurs until early adulthood? - Answer-Epiphyseal
plate.
What is the name of the specialty retractor used for a rotator cuff repair? - Answer-Bankart retractor.
When a patient suffers from softening of adult bone due to a disorder in calcium and phosphorus
metabolism it is called what_____? - Answer-Osteomalacia.
When looking at the distal end of the tibia, there is a prominence on the inner ankle what is it called? -
Answer-Medial malleolus.
What type of cast would a fractured metacarpal require? - Answer-Short arm cast.
What is the name of a bony overgrowth? - Answer-Exostosis.
When assisting with the application of a plaster cast what principles must be followed? - Answer-Use
warm water, prepare only one plaster bandage or strip at a time, gently squeeze water from plaster
bandage after bubbles ceased to rise, protect floor and furniture, clean fragments off patient and
equipment ASAP.
What is another name for spongy bone? - Answer-Cancellous.
Vertebrae would be examples of what type of bone? - Answer-Irregular.
When bones fracture fragments are manipulated into alignment without incising the skin it is called
what type of reduction? - Answer-Closed reduction.
What are the clinical signs and symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome? - Answer-Tingling of the fingers,
Numbness of the fingers, Loss of sensation in the fingers, decrease in motor control.
, What supplies are used for cast padding? - Answer-Webril, stockinette, soft roll, sheet wadding.
Posteriorly, the ilium joins the sacrum at what location? - Answer-Sacroiliac Joint.
If a patient experienced a complete displacement of a joint it would be referred to as a____? - Answer-
Dislocation.
What area would be prepped on the patient scheduled for a rotator cuff repair? - Answer-Entire arm,
shoulder, to the border of the neck.
What are the distal and proximal ends of a long bone called? - Answer-Epiphyses.
If a patients hand is turned so that the palm is upward it is referred to as ____? - Answer-Supination.
What is the name of the area where bone growth occurs until early adulthood? - Answer-Epiphyseal
plate.
What is the name of the specialty retractor used for a rotator cuff repair? - Answer-Bankart retractor.
When a patient suffers from softening of adult bone due to a disorder in calcium and phosphorus
metabolism it is called what_____? - Answer-Osteomalacia.
When looking at the distal end of the tibia, there is a prominence on the inner ankle what is it called? -
Answer-Medial malleolus.
What type of cast would a fractured metacarpal require? - Answer-Short arm cast.
