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Skeletal Part Two Flashcards

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Discontinuity of bone caused by mechanical forces

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Fractures

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One in which the bone has penetrate the skin

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Open/Compund fx

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One in which the skin is not penetrated

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Closed/simple fx

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One or more fragments separate along the edges of the major fragment

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Comminuted fx

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Comminuted fx which one butterfly wing shaped fragments spilt off from the main fragment

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Butterfly fx

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Comminuted fx w/ long sharp pointed fragments

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Splintered fx

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One in which the bone has seaparated into two fragments

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Complete , non comminuted fx

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Rotary type of injury that twist the bone apart

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Spiral/ oblique

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Normal bone in invariably ragged along the fracture line

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Transverse fx

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Transverse fx occuring in abnormal bone that is weakend by various disease

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Pathologic fx

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Type of complete, noncomminuted fx which two or more complete fx occur involving the shaft of a single bone

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Multiple fx

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When fragment of bone is pulled away from the shaft

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Avulsion fx

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Avulsion fx of a small fragment or chip of bone from the corner of a phalanx

Mallet finger is an example of it

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Chip fx

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Only Part of the bony structure gives way, with little or no displacement

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Incomplete

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Cortex breaks on one side without separation or breaking of the opposing cortex

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Greenstick fx

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Cortex bulges outward

Referred as buckle fracture

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Torus

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Penetration by a sharp object such as bullet or knife

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Penetrating fx

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Result of an abnormal degree of repetitive trauma

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Stress fx

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Sites of maximal strain on a bone

“March fracture”

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Fatigue fx

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Complete right angles to the long axis of the bone

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Transverse

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Incomplete fx extends from the surface

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Fissure

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Fx neither parallel nor perpendicular to the bone

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Oblique

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Bone twisted apart

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Spiral

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Lengthwise break in a bone

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Longitudinal

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One bone fragment driven into another
Impacted
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Common in distal radius of children
Torus
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Separated into numerous fragments
Comminuted
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Fx in two district place
Double
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Pulled away from the shaft
Avulsion
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Result of a strong , violent force
Stress / fatigue
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Abnormal bone that is weakend by various disease
Pathologic
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Fx on the 1 carpometacarpal joint
Bennett's fx
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Fx distal one-inch of the radius (Posterior)
Colle's
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Reverse of Colle's fx ( anterior)
Smith's
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Alteration on the alignment of the condyles
Supracondylar
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Falling on one's hand
Carpal- Navicular fx
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Involves both malleoli
Pott's
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Most common fx includes subcapital , transcervical and introchanteric
Hip Fracture
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Fx of lateral and medial malleolus
Bimalleolar Fx
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Medial and lateral malleolus and posterior distal tibia
Trimalleolar fx
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Occurs when the foot is suddenly twisted when the ankle pronates
Fx of the base of the fifth metatarsal
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Person falls directly on the patella
Stellate fx
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Fx of the fifth metacarpal
Boxers
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Proximal third of the ulna shaft , with anterior dislocation of the radial head
Monteggia
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Straight , sharply defined
Linear
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Curvilinear density
Depressed
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Air - fluid levels in the spenoid sinus
Basilar skull fx
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Blow to the face
Facial bone
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Restriction of the movement of the mandible
Zygomatic Arch fx
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Inability to open the mouth and pain when moving the mandible
Mandibular fx
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Adjacent nasal cavity , pns , orbit and close proxity of the brain
Fx of the maxilla
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Direct blow to the front of the orbit
Blow-out
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Zygomatic is fx at all suture : Frontal, temporal and maxillary
Tripod
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Fc of the ascending process of the maxilla and nasal septum
Nasal bone fx
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Bone is out of joint
Dislocation
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Partial dislocation
Subluxation
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Physical form of child abuse
Battered child syndrome
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Ischemic necrosis of bone
Legg- Perthes disease
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Most frequent type of injury involving a vertebral body
Compression fx
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Fx of the arch of the 2nd cervical vertebrae
Hangman's fx
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When there is a cleft or breaking down on the body of vertebra Collar/ broken neck on scotty dog
Spondylolysis
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Forward slippage of the vertebral column
Spondylolisthesis
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Most common benign bone tumor also called metaphysis
Osteochondroma
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Fairly rare growth most commonly located the skull Hyperostosis frontalis interna
Osteoma
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Slow-growing benign tumor composed of cartilage
Endochondroma
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Wall of fibrous tissue filled fluid
Simple bone cyst
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Benign tumor of the skeletal system Found femur, tibia or spine
Osteoid osteoma
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Group of tumor presence of numerous , multinucleated
Giant cell tumor / osteoclastoma
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Highly malignant disease with a poor prognosis
Osteosarcoma / osteogenic sarcoma
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Arises from medullary canal and involves the bone more diffusely, thickening of the bone
Ewing's sarcoma
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Malignant tumor of cartilaginous origin
Chondrosarcoma
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Any type of cancer can metastasize to bone
Metastases from other sites

Rad Patho (8 decks)

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