Musculoskeletal

Question 1

Non-displaced

Answer 1

fragments in alignment

Question 2

Displaced

Answer 2

fragments not aligned

Question 3

Angulated

Answer 3

Fragments malaligned at agle

Question 4

Bayonetted

Answer 4

distal fragment longitudinally overlaps proximal frag (side-by-side)

Question 5

Distracted

Answer 5

distal and proximal fragments separated by gap

Question 6

Transverse

Answer 6

frx perpendicular to shaft of bone

Question 7

Comminuted

Answer 7

more than two fragments

Question 8

Oblique

Answer 8

angulated

Question 9

Segmental

Answer 9

comminuted fxr w/ completely separate bone segments fractures (e.g. prox and dist ends of femur have fxrs)

Question 10

Spiral

Answer 10

multiplanar, complex fxr line

Question 11

Intra-articular

Answer 11

fxr crosses articular cartilage into joint

ALWAYS needs ortho referral

Question 12

Torus

Answer 12

incomplete buckle (U) kids

Question 13

Green Stick

Answer 13

incomplete w/ angular deformity

Question 14

Impaction

Answer 14

fxr caused by one bone impacting adjacent bone

Question 15

Compression

Answer 15

impaction fxr in vertebrae, depresses endplates

Question 16

Depression

Answer 16

impaction in knee from femor condyle hits tibial plateau

Question 17

Stress (Fatigue)

Answer 17

fxr from repeat cyclical loads, in normal bone

Question 18

Stress (Insufficiency)

Answer 18

weak bone fxr from load that wouldn’t break healthy bone

Question 19

Pathologic

Answer 19

weak bone fxr from tumor or disease