Musculoskeletal- Level 3

Question 1

Avulsion Fracture

Answer 1

Fracture which occurs when a fragment of bone tears away from the main mass of bone.

Question 2

Clubbing

Answer 2

swelling of the soft tissue of the distal portion of the fingers and toes, usually associated with lung disease.

Question 3

Comminuted Fracture

Answer 3

Bread or splinter of the bone into more than two fragments

Question 4

Compound Fracture

Answer 4

A fracture in which the bone pierced the skin; an open fracture, results in an increased risk of infection

Question 5

Impacted Fracture

Answer 5

Fracture in which a broken bone is wedged into another bone.

Question 6

Spiral Fracture

Answer 6

Fracture which occurs when a rotating force is applied to the bone, the line of the fracture appears helical.

Question 7

Subluxation

Answer 7

Incomplete or partial dislocation of a joint.

Question 8

Tenosynovitis

Answer 8

Inflammation of the tendon sheath, usually seen in the hands and wrists

Question 9

Transverse Fracture

Answer 9

A break in the bone which runs perpendicularly across the bone