MSK 20/21 Flashcards
what is a strain?
tendon
what is a sprain?
ligaments
what is a occult fracture?
-a hidden fracture- can happen on hip
what is an open (compound) fracture?
-open to environment
what is a pathological fracture?
-related to another disease
ex, bone cancer
what is a comminuted fracture
segmented, pieces
what is an oblique fracture?
-angle fracture
what is a spinal fracture?
- a twist
- a spiral fracture
what is a transverse fracture?
-straight across
what is a greenstick fracture
-a partial fracture
what a impacted (compression)
-one part of bone smashes and is driven up into other part of the bone
bone fractures from sport activities?
-humerus, tibia, clavicle
bone fractures from falls?
-tend to be hip, pelvis, and wrist
bore fracture from work?
-hand and feet
what can happen if the soft callus (early stage) is interrupted?
-can completely stop or slow down healing process (very fragile stage)
what is bone remodelling?
-scar tissue is overproduced and the bone will eventually shrink back down in the bone remodeling stage
factors affecting healing time?
- age
- type of fracture
- medications (corticosteroids)
- other diseases
- Nutrition
- smoking
- immobility
- circulation
What is malunion?
-does heal in alignment
What is delayed union?
-slowed healing (not healed over 8 month)
what is non-union?
-does heal even after a significant amount of time
what is osteonecrosis
bone necrosis
what is hematogenous?
-infection elsewhere in body and has travelled through the blood stream into bone marrow- causes infection
what does contiguous mean?
means the infection started in the bone
what is osteomyelitis?
- when pathogen sets off inflammation
- edema WBC activity, abcesses form
- edema lifts the periosteum and disrupts blood supply to underlying bone
- necrosis and death of infected bone
- osteoblast lay down new bone around dead bone
- formation of fistulas and sinus tracts - pus draining through skin
- bone will be easily fractured