fractures Flashcards
fracture
a break in the continuity of a bone
cause
healthy
- twist
- crush
- overuse
- muscle contaction
diseased
- pathological
- osteoporosis
- bone tumor/ pagets
closed
no break in the skin
open
bone petrudes through the skin
greenstick
a fracture in which one side of a bone is broken while the other is bent
spiral
a fracture which a bone has been twisted apart
comminuted
a fracture in which a bone is broken, splintered or crushed into a number of pieces
torus
side of a bone bulges without breaking all the way through
transverse
break across the bone at a right angle to the long axis of a bone
depression
depressed piece of bone
compression
pressing together, vertibre common with osteoporosis
avulsion
ligament or muscle contact and pull off bone
- medial malleolus
- AIIS rec fem
pathological
occurs through an area of diseased bone
stress
results from repeated loading without a bone and muscle recovery
clinical manifestations
- pain
- LOF
- deformity
- shortening
- crepitus
- swelling and discolouration
