TRAUMA & FRACTURE TERMINOLOGY Flashcards
A break in a bone
FRACTURE
Does not break through the skin
SIMPLE/ CLOSED FX
Portion of the bone protrudes through the skin
COMPOUND/ OPEN FX
Does not traverse through entire bone
INCOMPLETE/ PARTIAL FX
TYPES OF: INCOMPLETE/ PARTIAL FX
- TORUS/ BUCKLE FX
- GREENSTICK/ WILLOW STICK/ HICKORY STICK
buckle in the cortex with no complete break
TORUS/ BUCKLE FX
fracture is on one side only (commonly in children)
GREENSTICK/ WILLOW STICK/ HICKORY STICK
Break is complete & bone is broken into two pieces
COMPLETE FX
TYPES OF: COMPLETE FX
- TRANSVERSE FX
- OBLIQUE FX
- SPIRAL FX
near right angle to long axis of the bone
TRANSVERSE FX
at an oblique angle to the bone\
OBLIQUE FX
bone is twisted apart & spirals around the long axis of bone
SPIRAL FX
Bone is splintered or crushed (two or more fragments)
COMMINUTED FX
One fragment is firmly driven into the other
IMPACTED FX
A fragment of bone is separated or pulled away
AVULSION FX
Bone is displaced from a joint
DISLOCATION/ LUXATION
Partial dislocation
SUBLUXATION
Comminuted fx of 1st MCP base
ROLANDO FX
Transverse fx of 1st MCP base
BENNETT’S FX
4th-5th metacarpal neck fx
BOXER’S FX
Fx of distal radius w/ posterior/dorsal displacement
COLLE’S FX/ DINNERFORK/BAYONET
Fx of distal radius w/ anterior/palmar displacement
SMITH FX/ REVERSE COLLE’S
Fx of posterior lip of distal radius
BARTON’S FX
Fx of distal phalanx
BASEBALL/ MALLET FX
Intraarticular fx of the radial styloid process
HUTCHINSON’S/ CHAUFFEUR’S FX
Fx of proximal half of the ulna with radial head dislocation
MONTEGGIA’S FX
Partial dislocation of the radial head of a child
NURSEMAID’S/ JERKED ELBOW
