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How many carpal bones are located in the wrist?

8

The carpal bones are classified as what type of Bones?

Short bones

The carpal bones of the wrist form what type of joints?

Amphiarthrodial fibrous joints

The intercarpal joints of the wrist are termed ---- or ---- joints

Plane or gliding

Name the carpal bones in the proximal row laterally to medially

Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, and pisiform

Another name for the scaphoid bone

Navicular

Alternate name for the lunate bone

Semi-lunar

Alternate name for the triquetrum

Triquetra

Which bone of the wrist is boat-shaped and the largest bone in the proximal row?

Scaphoid/ navicular

The scaphoid articulates proximally with what bone?

Radius

The scaphoid bone articulates medially with which bone(s)?

Lunate & capitate

The scaphoid articulates distally with which bone(s)?

Trapezium and trapezoid

Which bone is most often fractured of the carpals

Scaphoid

Which carpal bone is a half moon shape?

Lunate

The lunate articulates approximately with what?

Radius

The lunate articulates laterally with what?

Scaphoid

The lunate articulates medially with what?

Triangular or triquetrum

The lunate articulates distally with what?

Capitate and Hamate

Which carpal bone is pyramidal in shape?

Triquetra

The triquetral articulates with which bone on its lateral side?

Lunate

The triquetra articulates with what bone anteriorly?

Pisiform

The triquetrum articulates distally with what?

Hamate

The triquetrum is separated from the ulna by what?

Articular disc

What is the smallest of the carpal bones?

Pisiform

The pisiform lies anterior to what?

Triquetrum

Distal carpal row lateral to medial

Trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, Hammett

Alternate name for trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and hamate

Greater multi angular, lesser multi angular, capitatum/os Magnum, unciform

The trapezium articulates with what proximally?

Scaphoid

The trapezium articulates with what bone medially?

Trapezoid

The trapezium articulates with what distally?

First metacarpal

What must always be included on views of the thumb?

Trapezium

Smallest bone in the distal carpal row

Trapezoid

The trapezoid articulates proximally with what?

scaphoid

They trapezoid articulates laterally with what?

Trapezium

A trapezoid articulates medially with what?

Os magnum/capitate

The trapezoid articulates distally with what?

Metacarpal

Largest of all carpal bones

Capitate

The capitate articulates approximately with what?

Scaphoid and lunate

The capitate articulates distally with which metacarpals?

Second third and fourth

The capitate articulates laterally with what and medially with what?

Trapezoid and hamate

Which carpal bone is most often dislocated?

Capitate

The hamate articulates proximally with what?

Lunate

The hamate articulates medially with what and laterally with what?

Triquetrum and capitate

The hamate articulates distally with what?

Fourth and fifth metacarpal

What appears as a superimposed density on the PA image of a wrist?

Hook of hamate

For a PA image of the wrist how many inches do you collimate proximally and distally?

2.5"

For a PA oblique image of the wrist do you rotate laterally or medially?

Laterally

True or false. The ulna and carpals form a joint

False

The ulna forms what type of joint distally?

Freely movable synovial/pivot

The radius forms what type of joint proximally with the humerus?

Freely movable synovial / hinge

The radius forms what type of joint with the ulna?

Freely movable synovial pivot type joint

How many joints make up the elbow?

3

The humerus and ulna and the capitulum of humerus and radial head join to form what type of joints?

Synovial hinge joint allow for flexion extension and supination pronation

Where are the elbow pads found?

Anterior fat pad is found in the coronoid and Radial fossa while the posterior fat pad is found in the olecranon fossa

The central Ray and a lateral elbow should be how many inches medial to the olecranon process?

1.5"

For a lateral elbow image which other two bones need to be in the same plane?

Humerus and forearm

What type of oblique turn is this?

External

What type of elbow image is this?

Internal oblique

Which type of fracture is this?

Colles fracture

What type of fracture is this?

Torus fracture

What type of fracture?

Green stick fracture