Fractures

Question 1

Avulsion fracture

Answer 1

portion of bone torn away by muscle or ligament tractional forces

Question 2

Comminuted fracture

Answer 2

fracture with more than two fragments

Question 3

Compound fracture

Answer 3

skin ruptured and bone exposed

Question 4

Greenstick fracture

Answer 4

incomplete fracture in children

Question 5

Impaction fracture

Answer 5

bone fragments driven into one another

Question 6

Torus fracture

Answer 6

incomplete fracture, one side of the cortex is affected

Question 7

Occult fracture

Answer 7

clinically evident but not seen on xray, re xray in 10 days

Question 8

Stress fracture

Answer 8

insufficiency or repetitive stress causing fracture

Question 9

Bennett’s fracture

Answer 9

fracture of the 1st metacarpal aka Thumb

Question 10

Boxer’s/Bar room

Answer 10

4/5 metacarpal

Question 11

What is the MC fractured carpal bone

Answer 11

Scaphoid

Question 12

Nightstick fx is

Answer 12

proximal ulna

Question 13

Monteggia fx is

Answer 13

fractured ulna with radial head displacement

Question 14

Galeazzi fx is

Answer 14

fractured distal 1/3 of radius with dislocation of distal ulna

Question 15

Colles fx is

Answer 15

fracture of distal radius with posterior displacement of fragment

Question 16

Smith’s fx is

Answer 16

fracture of distal radius with anterior displacement of fragment

Question 17

March fx is

Answer 17

stress fracture of 2/3/4 metatarsals

Question 18

Jones fx is

Answer 18

Transverse fracture at proximal fifth metatarsal aka dancer’s fracture

Question 19

Clay shoveler’s movement of fracture

Answer 19

Hyper flexion injury

Question 20

Hangmans fx is

Answer 20

bilateral pedicle fractures of C2

Question 21

What movement causes hangman’s fx

Answer 21

HYPER EXTENSION injury

Question 22

Jefferson fx is caused by

Answer 22

axial compression

Question 23

Acute anterior cervical cord syndrome is associated with

Answer 23

Flexion teardrop fx

Most severe injury of C spine

Question 24

Teardrop fx is caused by

Answer 24

hyperextension trauma

Question 25

Salter Harris fx 1 is

Answer 25

horizontal fracture through the growth plate

Question 26

Salter Harris fx 2 is

Answer 26

growth plate and metaphysis MC

Question 27

Salter Harris fx 3 is

Answer 27

Growth plate and epiphysis

Question 28

Salter Harris fx 4 is

Answer 28

growth plate, metaphysis, and epiphysis

Question 29

Salter Harris fx 5 is

Answer 29

Compression deformity of growth plate. MOST SEVERE

Question 30

What type of of brace for Osgood schlatter’s

Answer 30

Cho-Pat brace

Question 31

Rider’s bone is

Answer 31

avulsion of the ischial tuberosity

Question 32

Chance fx is

Answer 32

horizontal through single body and posterior arch MC at L1-L3

Question 33

What grade is Napoleon Hat sign at for spondy

Answer 33

Grade 3 or more

Question 34

Pie sign is indicative of

Answer 34

lunate dislocation

Question 35

Terry Thomas sign is indicative of

Answer 35

Scaphoid dislocation

Question 36

Wasp waist is indicative of

Answer 36

Congenital block vertebrae

Question 37

Multiple congenital block vertebrae

Answer 37

Klippel-Feil Syndrome

Question 38

Sprengle’s deformity is associated with

Answer 38

Klippel-Feil Syndrome, it is when a patient has a high scapula

Question 39

Hemivertebrae is associated with

Answer 39

gibbus deformity

Question 40

Difference between Gamekeepers vs. Bennett fx.

Answer 40

Gamekeepers- disruption of the ulnar collateral ligament mid thumb
Bennett- Happens at the base of the thumb by the carpals

Question 41

Terry Thomas Sign is

Answer 41

Rotatory subluxation of scaphoid when more than a 4mm gap

Question 42

Maisonneuve Fracture is

Answer 42

spiral fracture of the proximal third of the fibula