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Clinical Medicine Unit 2 & 3 > Imaging and Fractures > Flashcards

Imaging and Fractures Flashcards

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Nondisplaced

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A fracture in which the fragments are in anatomic alignment

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Displaced

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A fracture in which the fragments are no longer in their usual alignment

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Angulated

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A fracture in which the fragments are malaligned at an angle

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Bayonetted

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A fracture in which the distal fragment longitudinally overlaps the proximal fragment

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Distracted

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A fracture in which the distal fragment is separated from the proximal fragment by a gap

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Closed

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the skin over and near the fracture is intact

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Open

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the skin over and near the fracture is lacerated or abraded by the injury

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Transverse

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A fracture that is perpendicular to the shaft of the bone

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Comminuted

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A fracture in which there is more than two fracture fragments

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Oblique

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an angulated fracture line

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Segmental

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A type of comminuted fracture (more than two fracutre fragments) in which a completely separate segment of bone is bordered by fracture lines.

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Spiral

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A multiplanar and complex fracture line

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Intra-articular

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The fracture line crosses the articular cartilage and enters the joint

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Torus

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An incomplete buckle fracture of one cortex, often seen in children

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Greenstick

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An incomplete fracture with angular deformity, seen in children

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Impaction

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Occurs when on bone hits or impacts an adjacent bone

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compression

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A type of impaction fracture the occurs in the vertebrae, resulting in depression of the end plates

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Depression

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A type of impaction fracture that occurs in the knee when the femoral condyle strikes the softer tibial plateau

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Stress Fracture (Fatigue)

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A fracture in normal bone that has been subjected to repeated or cyclical loads that in and of themselves are not sufficient to cause a fracture

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Stress Fracture (Insufficiency)

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A fracture in weakened bone that has been subjected to a load insufficient to fracture normal bone - bone weakened by tumor, metabolic disease, or osteoporosis.

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Pathologic Fracture

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A fracture in bone weakened by tumor, metabolic disease, or osteoporosis

Clinical Medicine Unit 2 & 3 (4 decks)

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