ARTHREX DEX IOT (ACTUAL 2025/2026) QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. Which two nerves are most at risk during a lateral ankle ligament
operation?
Answer: Sural Nerve/Superficial Peroneal Nerve
2. What is the most common motion responsible for lateral ankle
sprains?
Answer: Inversion, Plantar-Flexion
3. What is the most common ligament disruption involved in lateral
ankle sprains?
Answer: ATFL
4. T/F - Plasma makes up 55% of whole blood.
Answer: True
5. T/F - Platelets (Thrombocytes) are a component of whole blood
that do not contain a nucleus. Therefore, platelets are not truly
cells.
Answer: True
6. Which term is used to describe red blood cells?
Answer: Erythrocytes
7. T/F - The Synergy UHD4 console is a 4-1 system which contains a
light source, 4K camera, image management and integration.
Answer: True
,8. T/F - SynergyID Imaging console has 4x the resolution as standard
HD.
Answer: True
9. Which is the strongest ligament in the ankle syndesmotic ligament
complex?
Answer: PiTFL (tears less often)
10. Which of the following is NOT one of the three ligaments
that supports the ankle syndesmosis joint?
A. AITFL
B. PiTFL
C. ITL
D. ATFL
Answer: D. ATFL
11. What three bones make up the ankle joint?
Answer: Tibia, Fibula and Talus
12. How many times do you pass suture through the PARS jig?
Answer: 5
13. What two muscles come together to form the achilles
tendon?
Answer: Gastrocnemius and Soleus
14. Patient is experiencing pain with shoe wear and swelling for
several months located on the posterior aspect of the heel...
which type of achilles tendon disorder may be associated with this
pain?
Answer: Insertional Achilles Tendinitis (Haglund's Deformity)
, 15. The MatrACELL decellularized dermis process used by
LifeNet Health for ArthroFLEX dermal allografts removes how
much donor DNA?
Answer: 97%
16. T/F - BioCartilage contains living chondrocytes.
Answer: False
17. T/F - The Jumpstart bandage generates electricity to kill
pathogens including many drug-resistant bacteria.
Answer: True
18. Biomechanical testing has shown that the MIS and FiberTak
Achilles Speedbridge has ____ the strength of the 4.75SL
Speedbridge construct.
Answer: Double
19. What size anchors are used in the FiberTak Achilles
Speedbridge?
Answer: 2.6mm FiberTak, 3.9mm SwiveLock
20. A patient has a history of chronic retrocalcaneal bursitis and
is scheduled to undergo tendon debridement and Haglund's
excision. Which procedure has shown to have superior outcomes?
Answer: Minimally invasive medial displacement calcaneal
osteotomy
21. Once the surgeon has drilled for the FiberTak anchor for the
FiberTak Achilles Speedbridge, how deep should the surgeon
mallet in the knotless anchor?
Answer: Until the laser line meets the back of the guide
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. Which two nerves are most at risk during a lateral ankle ligament
operation?
Answer: Sural Nerve/Superficial Peroneal Nerve
2. What is the most common motion responsible for lateral ankle
sprains?
Answer: Inversion, Plantar-Flexion
3. What is the most common ligament disruption involved in lateral
ankle sprains?
Answer: ATFL
4. T/F - Plasma makes up 55% of whole blood.
Answer: True
5. T/F - Platelets (Thrombocytes) are a component of whole blood
that do not contain a nucleus. Therefore, platelets are not truly
cells.
Answer: True
6. Which term is used to describe red blood cells?
Answer: Erythrocytes
7. T/F - The Synergy UHD4 console is a 4-1 system which contains a
light source, 4K camera, image management and integration.
Answer: True
,8. T/F - SynergyID Imaging console has 4x the resolution as standard
HD.
Answer: True
9. Which is the strongest ligament in the ankle syndesmotic ligament
complex?
Answer: PiTFL (tears less often)
10. Which of the following is NOT one of the three ligaments
that supports the ankle syndesmosis joint?
A. AITFL
B. PiTFL
C. ITL
D. ATFL
Answer: D. ATFL
11. What three bones make up the ankle joint?
Answer: Tibia, Fibula and Talus
12. How many times do you pass suture through the PARS jig?
Answer: 5
13. What two muscles come together to form the achilles
tendon?
Answer: Gastrocnemius and Soleus
14. Patient is experiencing pain with shoe wear and swelling for
several months located on the posterior aspect of the heel...
which type of achilles tendon disorder may be associated with this
pain?
Answer: Insertional Achilles Tendinitis (Haglund's Deformity)
, 15. The MatrACELL decellularized dermis process used by
LifeNet Health for ArthroFLEX dermal allografts removes how
much donor DNA?
Answer: 97%
16. T/F - BioCartilage contains living chondrocytes.
Answer: False
17. T/F - The Jumpstart bandage generates electricity to kill
pathogens including many drug-resistant bacteria.
Answer: True
18. Biomechanical testing has shown that the MIS and FiberTak
Achilles Speedbridge has ____ the strength of the 4.75SL
Speedbridge construct.
Answer: Double
19. What size anchors are used in the FiberTak Achilles
Speedbridge?
Answer: 2.6mm FiberTak, 3.9mm SwiveLock
20. A patient has a history of chronic retrocalcaneal bursitis and
is scheduled to undergo tendon debridement and Haglund's
excision. Which procedure has shown to have superior outcomes?
Answer: Minimally invasive medial displacement calcaneal
osteotomy
21. Once the surgeon has drilled for the FiberTak anchor for the
FiberTak Achilles Speedbridge, how deep should the surgeon
mallet in the knotless anchor?
Answer: Until the laser line meets the back of the guide
