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| What is narrowing impingement syndrome? |
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| a narrowing of the space below the acromion and an inflammatory swelling of the synovial bursa. Referred to as narrowing or mechanical impingement syndrome. |
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| What are the 4 types of brachial plexus injuries? |
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avulsion- tearing away nerve from spine
rupture- tearing of nerve but not from spine
neurome- scar tissue puts pressure on nerve
neuropraxia- stretching of nerve |
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| What is the most severe type of brachial plexus injury? |
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| What is the most common type of brachial plexus injury? |
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| What are the common sites of injury in the brachial plexus? |
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Definition
axillary nerve
radial nerve (crutch/saturday night palsy)
upper trunk (waiters tip sign)
lower trunk |
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| What nerve of the brachial plexus is affected in the injury called waiters tip sign? |
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| what nerve is affected in the injury called crutch/sat night palsy? |
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| If your patient is unable to extend his elbow or wrist, what injury might he have? |
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Definition
crutch/sat night palsy
radial nerve |
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Term
| What might cause Erb-Duchenne's palsy? |
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Definition
| trauma at birth, damage to upper roots C5 and C6. |
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| What are the four signs of Erb-Duchenne's palsy? |
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Definition
| internal rotation of the arm, extension of the elbow, pronation of the forearm, flexion of the fingers |
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| Damaging the lower roots of C8 and T1 might cause what injury? |
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| A claw hand might be a sign of what injury? |
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Definition
| lower roots of C8-T1, Klumpke's paralysis. |
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Term
| What is the second leading cause in cancer of death of women? |
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| Lymph is a clear fluid that travels though ____________ and circulates through ___________. |
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| Lymph fluid circulates through tissues and does what? |
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Definition
| cleanse and keeps them firm |
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| Lymph nodes are ___________ along the lymphatic system. |
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| filter out and trap bacteria and safely eliminate them from the body |
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| Absence of what muscle would cause the nipple to be more inferior on one side? |
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Definition
| pectoralis major, due to absence of muscle and with that absence of fascia that would overly pec major. |
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| What nerve is affected with winged scapula? |
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| When the long thoracic nerve is injured, what muscle is paralyzed? |
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| When the thoracodorsal nerve is injured, what muscle is paralyzed? |
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| When the latissimus dorsi is paralyzed, what problems will a person have? |
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Definition
| unable to raise trunk (climbing). Cannot use an axillary crutch because the shoulder is pushed superiorly by it. |
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| If you have injury to what muscle you cannot use an axillary crutch? |
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| If you have injury to what nerve you can not use an axillary crutch? |
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| If you have injury to the dorsal scapular nerve, what muscles are affected? |
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| If the rhomboids of one side are paralyzed, the scapula on the affected side is located more medial/lateral than other side. |
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| The one scapula is more lateral than another, there is probably an injury to what nerve? what muscle? |
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Definition
| dorsal sacral nerve, rhomboids |
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Term
| Fracture of the proximal end of the humerus will cause injury to what nerve? |
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| Damage to axillary may be caused by what? |
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Definition
| fracture of proximal end of humerus or dislocation |
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Term
| What nerve winds around the surgical neck of the humerus? |
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| Injury or disease may damage the _______________ rotator cuff, causing ______________ of the glenohumeral joint. |
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Definition
| musculotendinous, instability |
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Term
| What is common in older people that may cause damage to the musculotendinous rotator cuff? |
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Definition
| degenerative tendontitis of the rotator cuff |
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Term
| What is the most commonly torn part of the rotator cuff? |
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| Why is the supraspinatous the most commonly torn tendon of the rotator cuff. |
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Definition
| it is relatively avascular |
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| When the supraspinatous tendon is torn or eroded, it does what? |
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Definition
| causes two associated bursae to communicate |
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Term
| If a patient has subacromial bursitis, they experience pain when? |
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Definition
| abduction of the arm between 50 and 130 degrees. |
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Term
| The acromioclavicular joint is weak/strong. |
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| An AC joint injury is severe when what happens? |
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Definition
| both the AC and coracoclavicular ligaments are torn. |
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| When the coracoclavicular ligament tears the shoulder does what? |
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Definition
| separates from the clavicle because of the weight of the upper limb. |
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