Skeletal Terms #6

Question 1

Rickets

Answer 1

a bone disease in children characterized by soft and weak bones.

Question 2

Osteoporosis

Answer 2

bone disease characterized by low bone mineral density.

Question 3

Dowager’s hump

Answer 3

an excessive curvature of the upper spine.

Question 4

Colles’ fracture

Answer 4

fracture of the distal radius bone near the wrist.

Question 5

Fracture

Answer 5

a break or crack in the bone

Question 6

greenstick

Answer 6

incomplete bone fracture

Question 7

closed

Answer 7

where bone has been broken but the skin remains intact.

Question 8

open

Answer 8

bone pierced through the skin

Question 9

comminuted

Answer 9

broken bone that is shattered into three or more pieces.

Question 10

compression

Answer 10

a break or fracture in the bone where bone has collapsed or compressed under excessive pressure.

Question 11

stress

Answer 11

small crack in a bone caused by repeated stress or impact.

Question 11

spiral

Answer 11

bone fracture caused by a twisting force, resulting in a break that wraps around the bone.