Panaritium
Across
- 1. The surgical incision for a felon should avoid this sensitive area.
- 3. The most dangerous type of panaritium due to rapid spread.
- 6. Kanavel’s sign: the finger is held in this position at rest.
- 8. An acronym for the sensory organs found deep in the pulp.
- 9. Pressure here leads to throbbing pain.
- 11. The primary mechanism of tissue death in a pulp space infection.
- 14. This mid-palmar space is separated from the thenar space by this septum.
- 15. The digital nerve and artery run along this aspect of the finger.
- 19. A fish-mouth incision is generally not used in modern surgery.
- 22. The space between the skin and the tendon sheath.
- 24. These lymph nodes are the first to swell in a hand infection.
- 26. A classic sign of inflammation found in the finger.
- 28. A localized collection of pus in the skin layers.
- 29. The ulnar bursa is usually continuous with the synovial sheath of this finger.
- 30. This fascia is extremely dense in the palm.
- 31. This type of panaritium resembles a collar button.
- 32. Crucial ligament that prevents the spread of infection from the finger to the palm.
- 33. Bacteria most commonly responsible for these infections.
- 35. The fibrous bands that divide the pulp into tiny compartments.
- 37. The Horseshoe abscess connects the little finger and which other finger?
- 38. Surgical approach: the best incision for a felon.
- 39. Term for the accumulation of pus.
Down
- 2. Infection of the synovial lining of the tendon.
- 4. The radial bursa is an extension of the sheath of this muscle.
- 5. The direction in which a subungual abscess usually point.
- 7. Type of panaritium involving the nail fold.
- 10. The common name for the subcutaneous tissue of the finger tip.
- 12. This structure acts as a bottleneck for infection at the wrist.
- 13. Kanavel’s sign: pain on passive movement of the finger.
- 16. The space located on the radial side of the palm.
- 17. A potential complication where the tendon dies due to lack of blood supply.
- 18. Pandactylitis involves all layers of the finger.
- 20. The specific artery that can be occluded by high compartment pressure.
- 21. The space where a "Deep" panaritium usually resides.
- 23. An infection under the nail plate.
- 25. The fibrous tunnel that holds the tendons against the bone.
- 27. This joint is often involved in a Subarticular panaritium.
- 28. The name of the space located deep to the flexor tendons in the distal forearm.
- 34. The proximal limit of the digital synovial sheaths in the palm.
- 36. The distal phalanx bone often suffers this if a felon is untreated.