Random Fracture Knowledge Flashcards
What is the minimum number of X-ray views necessary for trauma to the osseous system?
Two views at right angles
What is the number one location for an occult fracture in the human body?
Scaphoid
What areas of the osseous system requires 3 views minimum when dealing with trauma?
Ankle and wrist
What is there name of the fracture that involves buckling of the cortex?
Torus
What is the term for the fracture of the cortex that doesn’t go completely through due to the cartilaginous nature of a child’s bone?
Greenstick fracture
What is the type of fracture that has more than 2 pieces?
Comminuted
What is the type of fracture that breaks the skin?
Open
What type of force causes a transverse fracture?
Tension or angulation
What type of force causes an oblique fracture?
Compression
What type of force causes a spiral fracture?
Rotation
What type of fracture is caused by angulation and compression combined?
Transverse and oblique fracture
Oblique fractures run at approximately what degree level of the long axis of bone?
45
The spatial relationship of fractures is relative to what part of the bone?
Distal aspect
What are the three ways in which the spatial relationships of fractures are assessed?
Alignment, apposition, rotation
What way of assessing the spatial relationship of a fracture involves describes the closeness of the bony contact at the fracture site?
Apposition (aka direction)
What way of assessing the spatial relationship of a fracture involves describes the overall bend (direction and degree of angulation)?
Alignment
What is the most common type of Salter-Harris injury?
Salter Type II
Which type of Salter injury involves a fracture through the physis and epiphysis?
Type III
Which type of Salter injury involves a complete shear injury through just the physis (cartilage)?
Type I