Basic Physical Things Flashcards
Tension
Pulls and stretches
Compression
Tissues crushed together
Shearing
Moves parallel across tissue
Torsion
Twisting in opposites
Traumatic
Overuse
Instant
Over time
3 types if skeletal muscle
Cardia
Smooth
Striated
Muscle strain
Stretch, tear, or rip to muscle or adjacent tissue
Muscle spasms
Clonic
Tonic
Short period of time
Longer period of time
DOMS
Delayed onset muscle soreness
24-48 hours
Tendon
Muscle to bone
Ligament
Bone to bone
Atrophy
Wasting away of muscle
Contracture
Shortening of muscle
Subluxation
Partial dislocation
Osteoarthritis
Wearing down of hyaline cartilage
Bursa
Fluid filled sac around joints
Types of bones
Flat
Irregular
Short
Long
Flat bones
Skull
Ribs
Scapula
Irregular bones
Vertebrae and skull
Short bones
Wrist
Ankle
Long bones
Humorous
Tib fib
Femur
FOOSH
Fall on outstretched hand
Types of fractures
Green stick Comminuted Linear Transverse Oblique Spiral Impacted Depressed
Comminuted fracture
Whole bunch of pieces. Shattered.
Linear fracture
In line with bone. Down the middle.
Transverse fracture
Around.
Perpendicular to shaft
Oblique fracture
Diagonal break
Spiral fracture
Spiral. Twist then break
Avulsion
Tendon or ligament pulling off the bone
Contrecoup fractures
Hit one side break the other
Stress fracture
Overuse. Usually worse than a break
Neuroplaxia
Disturbance in the nerve
