Musculoskeletal Christmas Quiz

We have 6 Stretching videos to give away to the winner of our Musculoskeletal Christmas Quiz 2007, so come test your knowledge!

The names of the highest scorers will be put into a hat and the winner picked out in the New Year.
You can email us your answers at ask@thelondonmassagecompany.com or pop them in the post. (address on the website) Don’t forget to tell us who you are and how we can contact you. Answers in before January 4th 2008.

So here's the quiz - Enjoy!

1) In adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) the main problem is joint laxity. True or false?
2) Synovial fluid is thixotropic. What does that mean?
3) There is a ligament on the head of the femur, in the very centre. To which structure does this ligament attach?
4) Which condyles of the tibia are larger, the medial or lateral?
5) Mark which of the following is an overuse injury:
adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
subacromial/subdeltoid burisitis
deltoid strain
rotator cuff strain
clavicvle fracture
humeral fracture
acromioclavicular ligament sprain
humeral dislocation
supraspinatus tendinosis
6) What are the name of the ligaments within the knee capsule itself?
7) What is the name of bone cells that 'build' new bone?
8) What are the actions of the psoas muscle?
9) Which anterior leg muscle has an exceptionally long tendon anddorsiflexes and inverts the foot?
10) To which bones does scalenes anterior attach?
11) Why is the jaw unlike other synovial joints?12) We number the metacarpals 1-5. What number is the thumb, 1 or 5?
13) What sort of joint is the proximal tib/fib joint?
14) What sort of joint is the distal tib/fib joint?
15) Which bicipital tendon runs in the bicipital groove, the long or theshort head?
16) Not everyone has palmaris longus. Where is this muscle?
17) The flexor retinaculum on the wrist binds the tendons of which muscles?
18) Which muscles flexes the tips of the fingers, flexor digitorum profundusor flexor digitorum superficialis?
19) What are the bones of the fingers called?
20) What type of synovial joint are knuckles, that is, themetacarpo-phalangeal joints, (not the inter-phalangeal joints)
21) Cryotherapy and thermotherapy, what does R.I.C.E stand for? For a bonus point, when P & R are added to the acroymn (P.R.I.C.E.R) what does the "P" stand for and what does the last "R" stand for?
22) Which bone is accessed by pressing into the 'anatomical snuff box'?
23) What does pectineus do?
24) To which structure does piriformis insert?
25) What might give rise to a Trendelenberg gait?
26) One of the hamstrings arises from close to the linea aspera. Which one?
27) In which compartment in the leg are dorsiflexors found?
28) In what way, anatomically and physiologically, is peroneus longusdifferent from peroneus brevis?
29) What is an interosseous membrane?
30) Cite two places in the body where you would find an interosseousmembrane?
31) What are the common names for Lateral epicondylitis and medial epicondylitis and which is which?

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