prep Questions and Answers
Updated 2026
ArthrodesisA-AAnswerAsurgicalAfusionAofAaAjoint
arthroplastyA-AAnswerASurgicalAreconstructionAorAreplacementAofAaAjoint
GradeA1AligamentAinjuryA-AAnswerALigamentAstrainAandAmicrotear
GradeA2AligamentAinjuryA-
AAnswerAIncompleteAligamentAruptureAandAjointAstabilityAthroughoutAjoint'sAROM
GradeA3AligamentAiniuryA-
AAnswerACompleteAruptureAofAtheAligamentsAandAvolarAplateAorAdorsalAcapsuleAinjury
Salter-HarrisAFractureA-
AAnswerAAAfractureAthatAinvolvesAtheAphysealAorAgrowthAplate.AGradesA1&2AdoAnotAinvo
lveAepiphysis.AGradesA3,4,&5AindicateAdamageAalsoAoccurringAtoAtheAepiphysis
3APhasesAofAplyometricAexercisesAinAorderA-AAnswerA1.AEccentricAprestretchAphase
2.AAmortizationAphase
3.AConcentricAshorteningAphase
ChaufferAfractureA-AAnswerAaAradialAstyloidAfracture
Colles'AfractureA-AAnswerADistalAradiusAfractureAwithAdorsalAdisplacement
Smith'sAfractureA(reverseAColles'Afracture)A-
AAnswerAfractureAofAdistalAradiusAwithApalmarAangulationA(volar)
,Barton'sAfractureA-AAnswerAfracture-
dislocationAinAwhichAtheArimAofAtheAdistalAradiusAisAdisplacedAdorsallyAorApalmarlyAalongA
withAtheAhandAandAcarpus
Essex-LoprestiAfractureAdislocationA-
AAnswerAradialAheadAfractureAcombinedAwithADRUAjointAdislocation.ATheAinterrosseousAme
mbraneAtearsAinAthisAinjuryAandAresumeAinAproximalAmigrationAofAtheAradius
Wartenberg'sASyndromeA-AAnswerA-CompressionAofAdorsalAradialAsensoryAnerve
-CommonlyAcausedAbyAswellingAwithinAfirstAextensorAtunnel
-MayAalsoAbeAcausedAbyAcompressionAwithinAECRBAorAbrachioradialisA
-DorsalAsurfaceAofAthumb
Preiser'sAdiseaseA-AAnswerAAvascularAnecrosisAofAtheAscaphoid
BicepsA-
AAnswerAWhatAmuscleAisAtheAprimaryAelbowAflexorAwithAtheAforearmAinAsupination?
TrochoginglymoidAjointA-
AAnswerATheAelbowAjointAisAclassifiedAas...?A(HingeA+AAxialArotation)
Panner'sAdiseaseA-
AAnswerAOsteochondritisAofAtheAcapitellum.AAlsoAoneAofAtheAcausesAofA"littleAleagueAelbo
w"
Nursemaid'sAelbowA-
AAnswerAwhenAtheAradialAheadAseparatesAfromAtheAannularAligament,AresultingAinApainA
andAinabilityAtoArotateAtheAradialAhead
WithinAtheAsupinatorAatAtheAarcadeAofAFrohseA-
AAnswerAWhereAisAradialAnerveAcompressionAinAtheAforearmAtypicallyAlocated?
CA-ACapitellumA(2)
MA-AMedialAepicondyleA(4)A
RA-ARadialAheadA(5)
, TA-ATrochleaA(8)
OA-AOlecranonA(9)A
LA-ALateralAepicondyleA(10)A-
AAnswerAWhatAareAtheAsixAossificationAcentersAinAtheAelbow?AWhatAareAtheirAorder/age
AofAappearanceAinAchildren?
Volkmann'sAischemiaA-
AAnswerACompartmentAsyndromeAinAtheAforearm.AAnotherAnameAforAcompartmentAsyndro
me
1.APainAwithApassiveAstretch
2.APallor
3.APulselessness
4.AParesisAsecondaryAtoAnerveAcompressionA-
AAnswerAWhatAareAtheA4AP'sAofAcompartmentAsyndrome?
MonteggiaAfractureA-
AAnswerAFractureAofAulnaAwithAanteriorAdislocationAofAtheAradialAhead
GaleazziAfractureA-
AAnswerAdistalA1/3AradiusAshaftAfxAAND;AassociatedAdistalAradioulnarAjointA(DRUJ)Ainjur
y
Speed'sATestA-
AAnswerASpecialAtestAtoAassessAforAbicepAtendonitis.AResistedAshoulderAflexAtoA90,Aelbow
Aextended,AforearmAsupinated
Yergason'sATestA-
AAnswerASpecialAtestAtoAassessAforAbicepAtendonitis.AResistedAsupinationAwithAtheAelbow
AflexedAandAslightlyAexternallyArotated
Cozen'sATestA-
AAnswerASpecialAtestsAtoAassessAforAlateralAepicondylitis.AStatic,AresistedAwristAextension
AwithApalpationAoverAtheAproximalAECRB
FCUA-AAnswerATheAulnarAnerveApassesAthroughAwhatAmuscleAatAtheAcubitalAtunnel?