Module 12 Musculoskeletal System

Question 1

Musculoskeletal Diagnostic tests

Answer 1

Radiography or nuclear imaging
Biopsy
Electromyography
radiography
Arthroscopy
MRI

Question 2

Bone Fractures

Answer 2

Transverse
Linear
Oblique
Spiral
Greenstick
Comminuted

Question 3

Complete Bone Fracture

Answer 3

Bone is broken to form two or more separate pieces

Question 4

Incomplete Bone Fracture

Answer 4

The bone is only partially broken

Question 5

Open- Closed bone fracture

Answer 5

Open - Skin broken

Closed- Skin intact

Question 6

Simple Bone Fracture

Answer 6

single break in the bone

bone ends maintain alignment

Question 7

Segmental bone fracture

Answer 7

bone break where several large bone fragments separate from the main body

Question 8

Comminuted bone fracture

Answer 8

multiple fracture lines and bone fragements

Question 9

Compression fracture

Answer 9

common in vertebrae

bone crushed or collapses into small pieces.

Question 10

Compartment Syndrome

Answer 10

Edema within fascia compresses nerves and blood vessels causing severe pain, ischemia or even necrosis of the muscle.

Question 11

Dislocation

Answer 11

Seeration of two bones at a joint with loss of contact between the articulating bone surfaces

Question 12

Sprain

Answer 12

Tear in a ligament

Question 13

Strain

Answer 13

Tear in a tendon

Question 14

Avulsion

Answer 14

Ligaments or tendons completely separated from the bone

Question 15

Immobilization

Answer 15

Used to prevent tissue damage and promote healing.

Question 16

Muscle Tears

Answer 16

Along the muscles itself or at points of attachment.

Question 17

First degree muscle tear

Answer 17

• Small percentage of muscle fibers

Question 18

Second Degree Muscle tear

Answer 18

Much of the muscle is torn but not a complete tear

Question 19

Third Degree muscle tear

Answer 19

Complete tear across the width of the muscle

Question 20

Repedative strain Injuries

Answer 20

• Affects muscles tendons and nerves

- develops over a period of time as the same movement is repeated.

Question 21

OsteoMyelitis

Answer 21

Bone infection caused by bacteria or fungi.

Question 22

Signs and Symptoms of osteomyelitis

Answer 22

• Local inflammation and bone paine
  fever
  chills
  general malaise

Question 23

Bone Tumors

Answer 23

Common site of secondary tutors from breast, lung or prostate tutors

Most sarcomas are malignant

Question 24

Osteosarcoma

Answer 24

Most common tumor

along the shaft of long bones in the leg

common in children, adolescents and young adults

bone pain when resting is a common sign.