Bone Fractures

Question 1

What is a comminuted fracture?

Answer 1

bone shatters in 3+ pieces (fragments)

Question 2

What is an open/compound fracture?

Answer 2

skin is pierced by the bone

Question 3

What is an oblique fracture?

Answer 3

angled pattern in bone

Question 4

What is a spiral fracture?

Answer 4

bone is broken in a twisting motion

Question 5

What is a transverse fracture?

Answer 5

horizontal fracture line

Question 6

What is a greenstick fracture?

Answer 6

does not break completely in 2

Question 7

How many Salter-Harris classifications are there?

Answer 7

5

Question 8

What is a Salter-Harris fracture?

Answer 8

involves the epiphyseal plate (growth plate), often occurs to children

Question 9

What is a type I Salter-Harris fracture?

Answer 9

(s)traight across, disrupts the growth plate

Question 10

What is a type II Salter-Harris fracture?

Answer 10

(a)bove, involves a break in the growth plate up into the metaphysis

Question 11

What is a type III Salter-Harris fracture?

Answer 11

(l)ower or be(l)ow, intra-articular fractures through the growth plate that extends across the epiphysis

Question 12

What is a type IV Salter-Harris fracture?

Answer 12

(t)wo or (t)hrough, cross the growth plate, epiphysis, and metaphysis.

Question 13

What is a type V Salter-Harris fracture?

Answer 13

(er)asure of growth plate or crush, compression injury to the growth plate