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Based on the image below, what is your answers to the following: (Answers must be written in your own words to receive credit) 1. Diagnosis 2. Mechanism of injury 3. Examination 4. Imaging 5. Associated injuries 6. Treatment

What are the four muscles that make up the rotator cuff? 

A 45 year old female presents to urgent care after stepping on a rusty nail while walking to her barn. With prompting, the patient reports she was wearing rubber flip-flops when the incidence occurred. The patient states the “nail went pretty far into the bottom of my right foot”. On inspection, you note a deep puncture wound to the bottom of the patient’s right foot. Due to the mechanism of injury, your treatment plan for antibiotics should cover for what bacteria? 

In Unit 9, you learned about the difference between additive and compensatory predation. Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the concept of compensatory predation?

Distal humeral fractures are frequently associated with neurovascular complications, even in the absence of displacement. The most commonly injured structures are [structure1] and [structure2].

There are certain aspects to take into consideration when evaluating a child with an orthopedic injury. Please name and discuss the three aspects that are vital in evaluating a child with an orthopedic injury. 

Based on the following image, please complete the following: 1. Diagnosis 2. Cause 3. Treatment  

A 65 year old male patient presents with RUE pain after lifting a window air conditioning unit. On exam, you note a “bulge” in the upper portion of the right arm. Based on your inspection and physical exam, and the image below, what is your diagnosis?  

Please match the options on the left with the descriptors on the right.

Lipid, in the form of fat globules, noted floating in the blood coming from a wound is evidence of