Muscle And Bone Injuries Flashcards
How many bones in the body?
206
Tendons
Connect muscle to bone
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Ligaments
connect bone to bone
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Dislocation
Disruption or coming apart of a joint
Sprain
The stretching and tearing of ligaments
Closed extremity fracture
Injury to extremity with no associated opening in the skin
Open extremity injury
Extremity injury in which the ski. Has been broken open from bone on inside or by something on outside causing skin break and injury to bone
Compartment syndrome
Fracture or crush injury causes swelling
Becomes so great body can no longer perfume tissue against swelling
Cellular damage occurs
Blood flow to area is lost, limb can be lost if pressure is not relieved
The 6 p’s
Pain or tenderness
Pallor (paid skin or poor capillary refill)
Paresthesia (pins and needles)
Pulses diminished or absent
Paralysis or inability to move
Pressure
Where are the long bones?
Arms and thighs
Where are the short bones?
Feet and hands
Where are the flat bones?
Sternum
Shoulders
Ribs
What is periosteum?
Fiber that covers our bones
Center of the bone is?
Marrow. (Site of red blood cell production)
3 types of muscle
Smooth
Cardiac
Skeletal