Chap 15 Trauma Flashcards
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What is subluxation?
what is an example of this?
a partial dislocation
nursemaids jerked elbow
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What is apposition?
what are the types?
how fragmented ends of the bone make contact with each other
anatomic apposition (normal, end-to-end contact)
lack of apposition (distraction, end of fragments are alligned but don’t make contact with each other)
bayonet apposition (fx fragments overlap and shafts make contact but not the fx ends)
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What is a contusion?
bruise injury
(possible avulsion fx)
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What is a fracture?
a break or altering of the bone
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What is a sprain?
forced wrenching/twisting of a joint (damages ligament without dislocation)
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What is varus?
What is valgus?
What are the deformities?
valgus is away from the mid-line (medial)
Varus is toward from mid-line (lateral)
distal fragments are angled in these directions *
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What is a greenstick fracture?
fx is on one side only
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What is a closed fx?
also known as?
fx with bone not though the skin
simple fx
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What is a complete fx?
what are the 3 types of fx?
fx is complete, broken into two pieces
transverse fx (transverse fx near the right angle to long axis)
oblique fx (fx passes through bone at oblique angle)
spiral fx (bone is twisted, fx spirals around long axis)
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what is a smiths fx?
fx of the wrist with distal radius displaced anteriorly, with radius & ulna posteriorly
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What is a comminuted fracture?
what are the types?
bone is splintered/crushed causing it to be in two or more fragments
segmental fx: (bone broken into 3 pieces, middle fragment fx at both ends)
butterfly fx: two fragments on each side of the main, wedged shape resemblance to butterfly)
splintered fx: splintered into thin sharp fragments
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what is a colles fx?
distal radius is displaced posteriorly, with radius & ulna anteriorly
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What is compound fracture?
also known as?
portion of bone (fx) is piercing through the skin
open fx
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What is a stellate fx?
most commonly seen?
fx lines radiate from central point of injury that resembles a star-like pattern
(ex: most commonly seen in the patella, after knees hitting the dashboard in an accident)
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What is a pott’s fx?
complete fx of distal tib/fib
(major injury to ankle + ligament damage)
(commonly seen in medial malleolus/distal tibia)
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what is a boxer’s fx?
fx of distal 5th metacarpal
(fx comes from punching)
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What is an impacted fx?
most common in?
one fragment is firmly driven into the other
(most common in femurs, humerus, & radius)
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What is a jefferson fx?
aka?
how does this happen?
comminuted fx of anterior/posterior arches of C1
seen from landing on the head
(skull slams into the ring)