MSC ORT Trauma final Study Exam (100% Verified Answers)

MSC ORT Trauma final Study Exam (100% Verified Answers) Two most common causes of fracture - CORRECT ANSWER--falls -automobile accidents 4 most common fractures bones - CORRECT ANSWER-1. vertebral body 2. distal radius 3. proximal femur (hip) 4. Tibia/fibula (ankle) Acute fracture - CORRECT ANSWER-a single traumatic incident Stress fracture - CORRECT ANSWER-bone reacts to repeated loading insufficiency fracture - CORRECT ANSWER--Force load on bone is normal but fracture occurs in bone that has abnormally low density. AKA: osteoporosis -treated with osteobiologics Patholocal fracture - CORRECT ANSWER-occurs through an area of weakened by pre existing disease ex. bone tumors Long bone fractures - CORRECT ANSWER-humorous radius ulna femur tibia fibula How to describe a fracture - CORRECT ANSWER-bone location joint involvement fracture fragments displacement angulation open vs closed Intra articular - CORRECT ANSWER-into the joint cavity or joint space extra articular - CORRECT ANSWER-outside of a joint transverse fracture - CORRECT ANSWER-occurs straight across the bone --cause: shear lateral force Linear fracture - CORRECT ANSWER-the fracture is parallel to the long axis of the bone -aka: fissure fracture -cause: blunt force trauma -very uncommon Oblique fracture - CORRECT ANSWER-occurs at an angle across the bone -cause: usually by fall spiral fracture - CORRECT ANSWER-a fracture in which the bone has been twisted apart aka: torsion fracture -cause: body twists while extremity is planted firmly greenstick fracture - CORRECT ANSWER-one in which the bone is bent and only partially broken -cause: bending trauma on softer pliable bones -often seen in children comminuated fracture - CORRECT ANSWER-bone breaks into more than two pieces -cause: result of high impact injury to bone non-displaced fracture - CORRECT ANSWER-a break in which the broken bones retain their alignment displaced fracture - CORRECT ANSWER-bone ends are out of normal alignment Varus fracture - CORRECT ANSWERValgus fracture - CORRECT ANSWERopen fracture - CORRECT ANSWER-compound fracture; broken bone with an open wound Closed fracture - CORRECT ANSWER-broken bone with no open wound Pediatric fractures will have ____ visible on the x ray? - CORRECT ANSWER-growth plate Avulsion fracture - CORRECT ANSWER-Tendon or ligament pulls bone away at site of attachment