Test 5 Flashcards
Girls between the ages of five and 10 are usually affected by Perthes disease.
T/F
False
Bleeding should be controlled by improvised tourniquets.
T/F
False
Osteochondritis in children occurs in several locations and is usually caused by a transient interruption of the blood supply to the area of growing bone.
T/F
True
Supracondylar fracture’s in children is considered to be an orthopedic emergency.
T/F?
True
When performing a neurological examination for cervical spondylosis and brachialgia the arms may show muscle wasting
True
Brachialgia
Is a technical term for arm pain. It is used when the pain is thought to be due to a problem with nerves, most frequently a compressed or pinched nerve in the neck.
Anchylosis spondylitis is the most common inflammatory disease affecting young males between the ages of 15 and 30.
T/F?
False
Ankylosing spondylitis
Is a rare type of arthritis that causes pain and stiffness in your spine. This life long Condition, Usually starts in your lower back. It can spread up to your neck or damage joints and other parts of your body.
Cervical spondylosis
Is a general term for age related where in tear affecting the spinal disks in your neck. As the disc dehydrate and shrink, signs of osteoarthritis develop, including Bernie projections along the edges of bones in (bone spurs). This is very common and worsens with age.
Cervical spondylosis is the name given to chronic degeneration of the cervical spine involving the intravertebral disc and the ligamentous and Ossetia structures associated with them.
T/F?
True
Injection of radio-opaque contrast material into the spinal canal will not outline the nerve roots.
True or false?
FALSE
In emergency treatment, the resuscitation team must follow the principles promoted by the a TLS system. one principal is circulation.
True
ATLS-advances trauma life support
Crush fractures of vertebrae Characteristically form wedge shapes compressed posteriorly when viewed on lateral radiograph.
True or false?
False
Radiculopathy is the name given to the symptoms produced when a nerve route is compressed by or stretched around an osteophyte.
True or false?
True
Complications associated with open fractures including wound infection, chronic Osteitis, and non union.
True or false?
True
Chronic osteitis- Does predominantly Effects the metaphyses of long bones, pelvis, vertebrae and clavicle.