WRIST & HAND - SECTION A

1. 3rd most commonly fractured carpal bone

• Triquetrum

• Hamate

• Capitate

• Trapezium

1. It is the first carpal bone to ossify

• Hamate

• Pisiform

• Captitate

• 1. None of the above

1. It is the 2nd most commonly fractured carpal bone from FOOSH injury

• Hamate

• Capitate

• Lunate

• 1. None of the above

1. FOOSH stands for:

• 1. Fall on overstretched hand

• 1. Fall on an outstretched hand

• 1. All of the above

• 1. None of the above

1. These are TRUE regarding the Triangular Fibrocartilaginous Complex, except:

• 1. It binds the radius & ulna

• 1. It is located on the radial side of the wrist

• 1. It serves as a major stabilizer of the distal radioulnar joint

• 1. None of the above

1. How many structures pass through the carpal tunnel?

• 11

• 14

• 8

• None of the above

1. Which is not part of the proximal carpal bones?

• Pisiform

• Capitate

• Triquetrum

• 1. None of the above
     

1. TRUE or FALSE: The articular surfaces of the distal carpal row favors wrist flexion & ulnar deviation, which is opposite for the radioulnar joint.

• True

• False

1. Average angular inclination of the radius in the sagittal plane

• 1. 32 degrees

• 1. 11 degrees

• 1. 23 degrees

• 1. None of the above

1. Position where the Dorsal radiocarpal ligament is most taut

• 1. Full ulnar deviation

• 1. Radial deviation

• 1. Full wrist extension

• 1. None of the above