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Bones, Skin, And Fractures Flashcards

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What is your jaw bone called

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Mandible

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What is your skull without facial bones called?

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Calvaria

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What is your collarbone called

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Clavicle

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What is place where the clavicle touches the scapula called?

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Acrumion process

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What is the bone in the center of your ribs called

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Sternum

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What is your upper arm called

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Humerus

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What are your ribs called

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Costo, or ribs

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What is the cartilage near your sternum called?

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Costal cartilage

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What is the lowest part of your vertabrae called

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The lumbar vertabrae

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What is your hip called

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Ilium

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What is the part of your center hip called?

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Pelvic girdle

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What is the part of your leg behind your patella called

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Femoral fibial joint

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What is the weight bearing bone in your lower leg?

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Tibia

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What is the part of your hip that seperates during child birth

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Sacrum

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What is the bone attached to your thumb called

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Radius

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What is the bone attached to your pinky called

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Ulna

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What are the small bones in your wrist called

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Carpals

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What are the bones in your palm called

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Metacarpals

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What are the bones in your fingers called

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Phalanges

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What is the biggest bone in your body and the bone in your upper leg called?

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Femur

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What is your knee cap called

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Patella

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What is your heel bone called

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Calcaneus

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What are the small bones near the heel

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Tarsals

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What are the bones between the tarsals and phalanges

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Metatarsals

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What are the bones in your toes called

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Phalanges

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What is a transversal fracture

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Transverse fractures are perpendicular to the long axis of bone

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What is an oblique fracture

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Oblique fractures occur at an angle

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What is a comminuted fracture

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Spiral fractures result from a rotatory mechanism

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What is a segmental fracture

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Broken into at least three pieces with a broken section or segment included

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Avulsion

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A tendon dislodges a bone fragment a piece comes out

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Torus

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Part of the bone is taken off but it’s not completely broken through

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Green stick

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Occurs only in small children bent but not entirely broken one side broken

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What is a closed fracture

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A fracture where the bone does not go through the skin

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What is a open fracture?

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A fracture where the bone goes through the skin

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What is a stress fracture

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Hairline cracks in bone from repeated stress

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Non displaced fracture

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The bones remain in normal anatomical alignment

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Displaced fracture

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The bones do not stay anatomically aligned

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What are your two front teeth called

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Upper central insicor

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What is your shoulder blade called

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Scapula

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What is an abrasion

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Scraping or running of the skin or mucous membrane as a result of friction to the area

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Abscess

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Localized collection of pus in any body part that results from invasion of pus forming bacteria

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Bedsore

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Ulcer in skin over bony prominence

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Blister

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Small thin walked lesion containing clear fluid also known as a vesicles

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Bulla

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Large blister

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Carbuncle

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Circumscribed inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues containing pus

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Comedo

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Typical lesion of acne

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Cyst

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Closed sac or pouch in or witching the skin containing fluid semi fluid or solid material

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Fissure

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Crack like sore or groove in the skin or mucous membrane

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Fistula

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Abnormal passageway between two organs or from an organ to the body surface

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Hives

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Circumscribed slightly elevated lesions on a skin paler in center than surrounding edges

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Laceration

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Tear in skin

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Macule

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Small flat discoloration of the skin

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Nodule

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Small circumscribed swelling protruding above the skin

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Popular

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Small solid circumscribed elevation on the skin

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Polyp

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Small stalk like growth protruding upward or outward from membrane surface

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Pustule

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Small elevation of the skin filled with pus

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Scales

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Thin flakes of hardened epithelium that are shed from the epidermis

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Ulcer

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Circumscribed open sore or lesion of skin accompanied by inflammation

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Vesicles

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Small thin walked lesion containing clear fluid like a blister

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Wheal

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Circumscribed slightly elevated lesion of the skin

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What is the most painful of the burns

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2nd degree

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