78 Clinical Impact: The shoulder joint has an extensive range of motion. The price of this freedom of motion is that it
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2022 10:25 am
78 Clinical Impact: The shoulder joint has an extensive range of motion. The price of this freedom of motion is that it is more easily injured. a. Sarah had a sports accident while playing soccer. In this injury, a soccer ball struck her right shoulder forcefully from behind, at close range, tearing posterior ligaments of the joint capsule. This injury is called a. (Click to select) b. Sarah's ligaments mended, but no longer held her humerus tightly in place. Every so often, a minor impact would cause the head of her humerus to slip slightly out of its socket, although it would then pop right back in place again. This type of displacement is called (Click to select)c. Sarah dismissed the idea of surgically tightening her shoulder ligaments until an unexpected impact caused the head of her humerus to completely slip out of its glenoid cavity and lodge anterior to it. This stretched her axillary nerve, causing great pain. This type of orthopedic injury is called a (Click to select) a 10 points 00:40:50