Fractures, Bone & Healing Review Flashcards
BREAK AT ITS NORMAL ATTACHMENTS.
AVULSION FRACTURE
FRACTURE AT THE DISTAL RADIUS, FORCING THE HAND INTO A DORSAL AND LATERAL POSITION.
COLLES’ FRACTURE
BONE BREAKS INTO MORE TAHN TWO PIECES.
COMMINUTED FRACTURE
SKIN IS PIERCED, BONE MAY OR MAY NOT BE VISIBLE.
COMPUND FRACTURE
INCOMPLETE FRACTURE AND ONLY ONE CORTEX OF THE BONE
GREENSTICK FRACTURE
BROKEN ENDS OF EACH BONE ARE FORCED INTO EACH OTHER, USUALLY CAUSING MANY FRAGMENTS.
IMPACTED FRACTURE
CAUSED BY DISEASE BONE.
PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURE
LREAK OF THE LOWER FIBULA OFTEN ACCOOMPANIED WITH A BREAK MEDIAL MALLEOLUS OF THE TIBIA.
BIMALLEOLASR ANKLE FRACTURE
FRACTURE LINE CURVES AROUND THE BONE.
SPIRAL FRACTURE
FRACTURE OCCURS AT CENTRAL POINT WITH ADDITIONAL BREAKS RADIATING FROM THE CENTRAL POINT.
STELLATE FRACTURE
BONE END ALIGN, MINIMAL DISPLACEMENT
STRESS FRACTURE
ACROSS THE NECK OF THE FEMUR.
TRANSCERVICAL FRACTURE
HORIZONTAL LINE THROGH THE BONE.
TRANSVERSE FRACTURE
2 TYPES OF BONE TISSUE?
CORTICAL BONE (COMPACT BONE) AND CANCELLEOUS BONE (SPONGY BONE)
TYPE OF BONE MARROW PRESENT AT BIRTH?
AT BIRTH, BONE MARROW IS RED
2 MINERALS COMPRISE HYDROXYAPATITE?
CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS
5 STAGES OF OSTEOGENESIS
1 - INFLAMMATION
2 - CELLULAR PROLIFERATION
3 - CALLUS FORMATION
4 - OSSIFICATION
5 - REMODELING
OCCURS WHEN INJURY, DRUGS OR DISEASE DISRUPTS THE REVASCULARIZATION PROCESS
ASCULAR NECROSIS
THE SHAFT OF LONG BONE
DIAPHYSIS
A PROLONGED HEALING OF A FRACTURE
DELAYED UNION
THE ENDS OF LONG BONES
EPIPHYSIS
WHEN THE FRACTURE HEALS IN AN ABNORMAL POSITION TAHT AFFECTS THE BONE’S FUNCTION
MALUNION
WHEN THE FRACTURED PIECES OF BONE DO NOT HEAL DUE TO INFECTION OR MOVEMENT
NONUNION
A TUMOR OF THE BONE
OSTEOMA
INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION OF THE BONE, TYPICALLY CAUSED BY BACTERIA
OSTEOMYELITIS
A CONDITION BROUGHT ON BY LOSS OF CALCIUM
OSTEOPOROSIS
SAWING OR CUTTING OF BONE
OSTEOTOMY
