Lab GLO #1 Flashcards
fragments into 3+ pieces, common in elderly due to brittle bones
comminuted fracture
bone is crushed
compression fracture
twisting injury
spiral fracture
epiphysis separates from diaphysis, tends to occur where cartilage cells are dying and calcification of matrix is ocurring
epiphyseal fracture
fracture typical in the skull
depression fracture
bone breaks incompletely (like a greenstick which has more give than a brown stick)
greenstick fracture
bone sandwiches in on itself
buckle fracture
bone rips off because a tendon/muscle snaps
avulsion fracture
supination
radius and ulna are parallel
pronation
radius rotates over ulna
dorsiflexion
bending foot toward shin
plantar flexion
pointing toes
inversion
sole of foot faces medially
eversion
sole of foot faces laterally
protraction
mandible juts out
retraction
mandible pulled toward neck