Lord of the Xrays- Fellowship Flashcards
Epiphyseal injurings affect….
common sites…
affect bone growth (so do metaphysis injuries)
common sites: distal tibia, fibula, ulna, and radius
Partial dislocation =
subluxation
full dislocation =
luxation
Diastasis =
separation of adjacent joint surfaces of a fibrous or cartilaginous joint
Fracture healing is dependent on…
fragment apposition, fracture fixation, blood supply
Hematoma =
bleeding from vessel damage, clot formation, osteocyte necrosis
Inflammation occurs…
w/in several hours, proliferation of cells in periosteum and endosteum, granulation tissue bridges fragments, hematoma resorbed capillary buds enter
Callus in fracture healing…
fibroblast proliferation, granular tissue undergoes metaplasia to collagenoblasts, chondroblasts, and osteobalsts, 3 weeks post rauma, stability increases
Consolidation in fracture healing…
Osteoclasts are introduced by capillaries, alter woven bone to become lamellar bone, can withstand normal load
Remodeling in fracture healing…
months to years, bony bridge is remodeled to pretrauma size/shape, excess callus removed, medullary canal recanalized
Fracture descriptions: avulsion
fragment pulled from ligament or tendon attachment
Fracture descriptions: closed
doesn’t penetrate skin
Fracture descriptions: comminuted
more than two fragments
Fracture descriptions: complicated
may damage nerves, vessels, or viscera
Fracture descriptions: corner
articular margin, small fragment
Fracture descriptions: Greenstick
incomplete fracture in children, concave side of bending bone intact, convex has ragged fx line.
Fracture descriptions: impaction
fragment telescoped into adjacent fragment
Fracture descriptions: incomplete
fracture line doesn’t traverse or penetrate entire bone
Fracture descriptions: insufficiency
stress fracture of a diseased bone, repeated application of normal load
Fracture descriptions: intrarticular
extends thru articular surface of joint, may be complicated by chondrolysis for intra-articular bone
Fracture descriptions: oblique
oblique to long axis of bone, but doesn’t spiral
Fracture descriptions: open
penetrates skin
Fracture descriptions: pathologic
occurs in bone weakened by disease
Fracture descriptions: pseudoarthorosis
articulation b/w bone fragments after non-union
Fracture descriptions: spiral
oblique and coils around long axis of bone
Fracture descriptions: stellate
occur in flat bone, radiates from central point