Muscuskeletal Trauma Flashcards
Bones
Hard but flexible living structures that provide support for the body and protection to vital organs
Joints
Places where bones articulate, or meet
Periosteum
Bones are cover by strong white fibrous material
Muscles
Tissues or fibers that cause movement of body parts and organs
Cartilage
Tough tissue that covers the joint ends of bones and helps to form certain body parts such as the ear
Tendons
Tissues that connect muscle to bone
Ligament
Tissues that connect bone to bone
MTB
Muscle tendon bone
BLB
Bone ligament bone
Traction splint
A splint that applies constant pull along the length of a lower extremity to help stabilize the fracture bone and to reduce muscle spasm in the limb. Traction splint are used on femoral shaft fractures.
Fracture
Any break in a bone
Comminuted fracture
A fracture in which the bone is broken in several places
Greenstick fracture
An incomplete fracture
Angulated fracture
Fracture in which the broken bone segments are at an angle to each other
Dislocation
The disruption or coming apart of a joint
Sprain
The stretching and tearing of a ligament
Strain
Muscle injury resulting from over stretching or over exertion of the muscle
Extremities
The portion of the skeleton that includes the clavicles, scapulae, arms, wrists, and hands and the pelvis, thighs, legs, ankles, and feet
Closed extremity injury
An injury to an extremity with no associated opening in the skin
Open extremity injury
An extremity injury in which he skin has been broken or torn through from he inside by an injured bone or from the outside by something that has caused a penetrating wound with associated injury to the bone
Compartment syndrome
Injury caused when tissues such as blood vessels and nerves are constricted within a space as from swelling or from a tight dressing or cast
Crepitus
A grating sensation or sound made when fracture bone ends rub together
Manual traction
The process of applying tension to straighten and realign a fractured limb before splinting also called tension
