Bones Flashcards
Long bones
Bones like the humerus.
Flat bones
Facial skull bones
Irregular bones
Vertebrae
Short bones
Wrist and tarsals
Tuberosity
Large rounded projection may be roughened
Trochanter
Very large blunt irregularly shaped process (only in the femur)
Has a greater and a lesser
Tubercule
Small round bump
Condyle
A knuckle shaped bump/ rounded articular projection
Process
Bony prominence
Foramen
Hole in the bone, blood vessels and nerves go through foramen
Meatus
Canal or tube in the bone
Fossa
Ditch or crater in the bone
Sesamoid bone
Patella
Describe comminuted fracture
Shattered into pieces
Describe compression fracture
One end telescopes into another end (crushed)
Remember car crush simulator
Describe spiral fracture
Bone is broken in a twisting motion
Describe greenstick fracture
Incomplete break where one side breaks and other side bends
Describe pott’s fracture
Fracture in the ankle bones
Describe colles fracture
Fracture of the wrist bones
Narrow groove
Sulcus
Compound fracture (open)
Broken ends of bone protrude through skin
Simple fracture (closed)
Bone does not break through skin
Stress fracture
Thin fractures due to repeated, stressful impact
Like running
