Bone Injuries

Question 1

fracture

Answer 1

disruption in the continuity of a bone

Question 2

stress fracture

Answer 2

a fracture resulting from repeated loading of a relatively low magnitude

Question 3

comminuted fracture

Answer 3

bone fragment breaks into 3 or more pieces
-brittle bones or trauma

Question 4

compression fracture

Answer 4

bone is crushed
-common in brittle bones
-most common type of OP fracture

Question 5

spiral fracture

Answer 5

ragged break occurs with torsion
-sports

Question 6

epiphyseal fracture

Answer 6

epiphysis separates from the diaphysis along the plate

Question 7

depressed fracture

Answer 7

broken bone is pressed inward

Question 8

greenstick

Answer 8

bone breaks incompletely
-children

Question 9

buckle fracture

Answer 9

incomplete fracture in children in which one side of bone buckles out upon itself

Question 10

3 bone breaks in children

Answer 10

buckle, greenstick, epiphyseal plate

Question 11

fissured fracture

Answer 11

an incomplete longitudinal break
-might not know u have it

Question 12

transverse fracture

Answer 12

complete break that occurs at a right angle to the bone
-hard to set

Question 13

oblique fracture

Answer 13

complete break that occurs at anything but a right angle

Question 14

simple

Answer 14

does not break the skin

Question 15

compound

Answer 15

fracture protrudes the skin

Question 16

reduction

Answer 16

realignment of broken ends
-closed: aligns with hands
-Open: surgically aligned