In an auto accident, the patient's knee strikes the dashboard which in turn pushes the head of the femur posteriorly out of its socket. Which ligament is most likely ruptured by this posterior dislocation?

A forceful blow to the medial side of the knee would most likely damage this ligament

Damage to a ligament results in which type of injury?Group of answer choicesStrainMyalgiaCrampsSprain

A young mother was playing with her 3-year-old son at the park. She grabbed her son’s outstretched arms and began to twirl him around in a circle until she heard a scream of pain from her son. She noticed that his elbow was deformed and that he could no longer straighten his arm. She rushed him to the doctor’s office where she was informed that the head of his radius had “popped” out. Which ligament is responsible for holding the head of the radius in place?Multiple ChoiceThe ulnar (medial) collateral ligamentThe radiocarpal ligamentThe anular ligamentThe glenohumeral ligament

While walking to class on an icy winter morning, a student slips and falls on her outstretched hand. The intense pain forces her to go to the emergency room. After X-rays of her wrist are taken, the attending says," You were lucky, there is no Colles' nor scaphoid fractures, but you have dislocated the middle carpal bone of the proximal row." Which bone was dislocated?

Which of the following are true of acute patellar subluxation or dislocation?Multiple select question.The athlete experiences a complete loss of knee function along with pain and swelling.This injury is more likely to occur in a male athlete than in a female because of a narrower pelvis in a male.As a rule, displacement takes place laterally, with the patella resting on the lateral condyle.A first-time patellar dislocation is seldom associated with a fracture.