MUSCULOSKELETAL TRAUMA #3

Question 1

TISSUES THAT CONNECT BONE TO BONE

Answer 1

LIGAMENTS

Question 2

THE PROCESS OF APPLYING TENSION TO STRAIGHTEN AND REALIGN A FRACTURED LIMB BEFORE SPLINTING. ALSO CALLED TENSION

Answer 2

MANUAL TRACTION

Question 3

TISSUES OR FIBERS THAT CAUSE MOVEMENT OF BODY PARTS AND ORGANS

Answer 3

MUSCLES

Question 4

AN EXTREMITY INJURY IN WHICH THE SKIN HAS BEEN BROKEN OR TORN THROUGH FROM THE INSIDE BY AN INJURED BONE OR FROM THE OUTSIDE BY SOMETHING THAT HAS CAUSED A PENETRATING WOUND WITH ASSOCIATED INJURY TO THE BONE.

Answer 4

OPEN EXTREMITY INJURY

Question 5

THE STRETCHING AND TEARING OF LIGAMENTS

Answer 5

SPRAIN

Question 6

MUSCLE INJURY RESULTING FROM OVERSTRETCHING OR OVEREXERTION OF THE MUSCLE

Answer 6

STRAIN

Question 7

TISSUE THAT CONNECTS MUSCLE TO BONE

Answer 7

TENDONS

Question 8

A SPLINT THAT APPLIES CONSTANT PULL ALONG THE LENGTH OF A LOWER EXTREMITY TO HELP STABILIZE THE FRACTURED BONE AND TO REDUCE MUSCLE SPASM IN THE LIMB. TRACTION SPLINTS ARE USED PRIMARILY ON FEMORAL SHAFT FRACTURES.

Answer 8

TRACTION SPLINT