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15 classifications of bone fractures

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closed, open, displaced, complete, incomplete, comminuted, transverse, impacted, spiral, oblique, linear, greenstick,pathologic,compression, stress

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Closed fracture(simple fracture)

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A bone is broken, but the skin is not broken

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Open fracture(compound fracture)

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If fragment of the fractured bone breaks the skin or a wound extends to the side of the fracture

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Displaced fracture

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The fractured bone parts are out of line

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Complete fracture

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A bonus, broken and at least two fragments

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Incomplete Fracture

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The fracture does not extend completely across the. It can be hairline., as in a stress fracture in the foot, when there is no separation of the two fragments

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Comminuted fracture

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The bone breaks into several pieces, usually two major pieces and several smaller fragments

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Transverse Fracture

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The fracture is at right angles to the long axis of the bone

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Impacted Fracture

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The fracture consist of one bone fragment driven into another resulting and shortening of a limb

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Spiral fracture

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The fracture spirals around the long axis of the bone

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Oblique

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The fracture runs diagonally across the long axis of a bone

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Linear fracture

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The fracture runs parallel to the long axis of the bone

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Green stick fracture

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This is a partial fracture, one side, brakes, and the other bends

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Pathologic fracture

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The fracture occurs in an area of bone, weakened by disease, such as cancer

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Compression fracture

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The fracture occurs in a vertebra from trauma or pathology leading to the vertebra being crushed

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Stress fracture

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This is a fatigue fracture caused by repetitive local stress and a bone as occurs in marching or running

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Fx

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Fracture

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callus

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Bone tissue that forms at a fracture site early in healing

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Cancellous

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Bone that has a spongy or lattice like structure

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Hematoma

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Collection of blood that has escape from blood vessels into tissue

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hemat-

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blood

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Osteoblast

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A bone forming cell

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Osteocyte

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A bone maintaining cell

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comminut-

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Break into pieces

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healing of a fracture stages

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hematoma, callus, spongy bone, compact bone

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-blast

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immature cell

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hemat-

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blood

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path/o

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disease

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-ure

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result of

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Your axial skeleton includes

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vertebral column, skull, and rib cage

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What does the axial skeleton protect?

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The brain, spinal cord,, and lungs

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How many bones are in the vertebral column?

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  1. Divided into five regions.
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What are the five regions of the vertebral column?

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Cervical region (curved anteriorly), thoracic region (curved posteriorly), lumbar region (curved anteriorly), sacral and coccygeal regions ( curved posteriorly)

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Cervical region

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Seven vertebrae, labeled C1 to C7 curved anteriorly

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Thoracic region

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12 vertebrae, labeled T1 to T12 curved posteriorly

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Lumbar region

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5 vertebrae, labeled L1 to L5 and curved anteriorly

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Sacral region

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Five bones in early childhood that frees into one curved posteriorly

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Coccyx (tailbone)

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Four small bones fused together into one curved posteriorly

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MRI

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Magnetic resonance imaging(produces focus slices of images of structures)

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Intervertebral discs

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Provide extra support and cushioning(shock absorbers)

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herniation of a disc

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Rupture of a disc into surrounding tissue

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Cervical

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Pertaining to the neck region

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coccyx

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Small tailbone at the lowest end of the vertebral column

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Foremen

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An opening through structure

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Kyphosis

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A normal posterior curb of the spine that can be exaggerated in disease

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kyph-

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Bent, humpback

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Lumbar region

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The region of the back and sides between the ribs and pelvis

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Sacrum

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Segment of the vertebra column that forms part of the pelvis

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Scoliosis

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And abnormal lateral curvature of the vertebral column

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Spine

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Vertebral column or a short projection from a bone

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scoli-

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crooked

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spin-

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spine

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Vertebra

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One of the bones of the spinal column

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Whiplash

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Symptoms caused by sudden uncontrolled extension inflation of the neck often in an automobile accident

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How many bones is the human skull made up of?

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22

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Frontal bone forms?

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Roofs of the orbits and part of the floor of the cranium and contains a pair of right and left frontal sinuses above the orbits

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Parietal bone forms?

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The bulging sides and roof of the cranium

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Occipital bone forms?

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Forms the back of and part of the base of the cranium

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Temporal bones form?

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The sides of part of the base of the cranium

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sphenoid bone forms?

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Part of the base of the cranium and the orbits

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ethmoid bone forms?

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Part of the nose, the orbits and the ethmoid sinuses

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Facial skeleton bones

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Nasal bone, palatine bone, mexilla, mandible

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