Fractures

Question 1

fracture

Answer 1

a break in the structural continuity of bone/cartilage

Question 2

open fracture

Answer 2

perforation of the skin by the bone fragment

Question 3

closed fracture

Answer 3

skin and soft tissues overlying the fracture are intact

Question 4

incomplete fracture

Answer 4

only 1 portion of the cortex is disrupted

Question 5

complete fracture

Answer 5

all the cortices of the bone have been disrupted

Question 6

communited fracture

Answer 6

more than 2 fragments

Question 7

when describing the alignment of the fracture, describe the ______ fragment relative to the ________ fragment

Answer 7

distal; proximal

Question 8

the direction of the fracture line is described in reference to the

Answer 8

longitudinal axis of a long bone

Question 9

grade I salter-harris fracture

Answer 9

fracture through the physis (separated)

Question 10

grade II salter-harris fracture

Answer 10

fracture through physis and metaphysis (above)

Question 11

grade III salter-harris fracture

Answer 11

fracture through physis and epiphysis (below)

Question 12

grade IV salter-harris fracture

Answer 12

fracture through physis, metaphysis, and epiphysis (through)

Question 13

grade V salter-harris fracture

Answer 13

crush/compression injury to physis (erasure)