Hand series radiography
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How many carpal bones are there
8
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How many muscles types are in the hand and what are they?
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Extrinsic and intrinsic
Extrinsic and intrinsic
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What carpal bone forms first?
Capitate
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What age does the capitate form at?
2 months
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What carpal bone forms second?
Hamate
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What age does the hamate form at?
4 months
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What carpal bone forms third?
Triquetrum
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What age does triquetrum form?
2 years
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What carpal bone forms fourth?
Lunate
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What age does the Lunate form?
4 years
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What carpal bone form at similar times?
Scaphoid
Trapezium
Trapezoid
Trapezium
Trapezoid
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What age does the pisiform develop
12 years
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What are the two main indications for hand X-rays?
Acute trauma/ Arthritis
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What is acute trauma
sudden high force event
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what is stress injuries
injuries caused by repeated force over time
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What is colles fracture
Distal radius fracture
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What displacement occurs in colles
Dorsal
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what type of fracture is colles
transverse
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What is the most common method for a colles fracture to occur
FOOSH
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What group of people does colles fracture occur in
High incidence in elderly people
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what fracture is this
colles
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what fracture is this
colles
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Why are colles fractures more common in the elderly
osteoporosis
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what is osteoporosis
low bone mineral density resulting in weaker bones
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what fracture is this
colles
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what fracture is this
smith's
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How are colles fractures usually treated
cast immobilisation and closed reduction
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what type of fracture is a smith's fracture
transverse fracture
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what displacement occurs in simith's fracture
volar
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what fracture is more common colle or smiths
colles
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how do you treat a smith's fracture
closed reduction
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what happens if a fracture is unstable
ORIF will be used
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what fracture is this
smiths
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what fracture is this
smiths
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what fracture is this
smiths
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what group of people may experience stress fractures
athletes
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what fracture is this
bartons
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what fracture is this
bartons
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where does a barton fracture occur
Distal radius fracture
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What type of fracture is bartons fracture
Intra-articular
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group that mainly get bartons fracture
Males young
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what fracture is this
bartons
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what is a compilation of bartons fracture
high post traumatic arthritis
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what is an intra-articular fracture
a fracture involving the joint of the bone
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what does DRUJ stand for
distal radial ulnar joint
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where does a galeazzi fracture occur
Distal middle radial shaft
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what fracture is this 
galeazzi fracture
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who does a monteggia fracture mainly occur in
in children
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what fracture is this
galeazzi fracture
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what fracture is this
galeazzi fracture
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what fracture is this
galeazzi
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what fracture is this
boxer fracture
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what fracture is this
boxer
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what fracture is this
benett
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what fracture is this
benett
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what is the usual treatment fir a benett fracture
surgical fixation
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why is surgical fixation needed for a benett fracture
instability
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PA Hand: Patient Position?
Seated comfortably at the end of the X-ray table.
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PA Hand: Hand Placement on IR?
Palm down (prone) directly onto the center of the Image Receptor.
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PA Hand: Finger Position?
Fingers slightly abducted to avoid overlap.
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PA Hand: Hand & Forearm Alignment?
Long axis of hand and forearm aligned with the long axis of the IR.
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PA Hand: CR Angle?
Perpendicular to the IR.
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PA Hand: CR Centering Point?
3rd Metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint.
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PA Hand: Collimation Borders?
Closely to the anatomy, including all hand bones (fingertips to carpals) and approximately 1 inch of the distal forearm.
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PA Hand: How to check for hand/wrist rotation?
Equal concavity on both sides of the metacarpal shafts
Equal separation of the intermetacarpal spaces.
Equal separation of the intermetacarpal spaces.
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PA Hand: What to check regarding finger separation?
Fingers well-separated with open interphalangeal (IP) joint spaces