Special Studies & Fractures

Question 1

Skeletal study AKA

Answer 1

Bone survey

Question 2

Series of X-rays taken to look at the body’s bones

Answer 2

Bone survey

Question 3

Used to look for bones affected by cancer, progression of multiple myeloma, osteoporosis, past bone injuries & fractures

Answer 3

Bone survey

Question 4

Lesions that look like holes in the bones are called

Answer 4

Lytic lesions

Question 5

Orthoroentgenology AKA

Answer 5

Long bone measurement

Question 6

Determines exact bone length of a child’s bones, mainly limbs (long bones), to determine a discrepancy in length

Answer 6

Long bone measurement

Question 7

Assess the biological/structural maturity of immature patients

Answer 7

Bone age

Question 8

Xray which body part for a bone age study

Answer 8

PA of non dominant hand

Question 9

What does a bone age study have to include on the image

Answer 9

Phalanges
Metacarpals
Carpals
Radius/ulna

Question 10

Uncommon study to find something that has would up in a patients body

Answer 10

Foreign bodies

Question 11

What are the routes that an object can become a foreign body inside a patient

Answer 11

Ingested
Inserted into a body cavity
Deposited by a traumatic or iatrogenic injury

Question 12

What does iatrogenic mean

Answer 12

Illness/infection caused by a medical examination of treatment

Question 13

APs of an upright T & L spine

Answer 13

Scoliosis series

Question 14

Fracture of C1 caused by impact to the back of the head

Answer 14

Jefferson fracture

Question 15

T or F: Any injury to the spine is not traumatic

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Fracture that does not break through the skin

Answer 16

Closed

Question 17

Serious fracture where bones are not in anatomical alignment

Answer 17

Displaced

Question 18

Fracture where bones are in normal alignment

Answer 18

Nondisplaced

Question 19

Serious fracture where broken bone or bones have broken through the skin

Answer 19

Open/compound

Question 20

How do you lift a limb that is a suspected fracture

Answer 20

Lifted with support at both joints

Question 21

What projections are required for a fractured bone

Answer 21

At least two projections at 90° from each other

Question 22

Should you rotate a severely injured limb to get it in true position

Answer 22

No

Question 23

How do you image long bones when it’s a suspected fracture

Answer 23

Include the joint closest to the fracture on one image and the second joint on another

Question 24

Fracture caused by a fall on an outstretched hand

Answer 24

Colle

Question 25

Fracture caused by falling on a hand tilted inward

Answer 25

Smith

Question 26

Fracture in which the bone does not break completely in half

Answer 26

Greenstick

Question 27

Fracture in which the bones are vertically forced into one another

Answer 27

Impacted

Question 28

Fracture in which the bones are broken into two or more pieces (multiple)

Answer 28

Comminuted

Question 29

Ankle fracture breaking the lateral or medial malleolus

Answer 29

Potts fracture