Sports Medicine- Common Athletic Injuries- HOSA Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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Sports Medicine- Common Athletic
Injuries- HOSA Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Question: Fractures
Answer: A break or crack in the bone


Question: Closed Fracture
Answer: Broken ends of the bone to NOT break the skin


Question: Open Fracture
Answer: Broken ends of the bone ARE broken through the skin


Question: swelling, deformity, pain/tenderness, loss of use, crepitation
Answer: Signs & Symptoms of Fractures


Question: Crepitation
Answer: A crunchy grating sensation


Question: infection
Answer: What does an open Fracture have a greater risk of?


Question: Greenstick; Transverse; Oblique; Comminuted; Impacted
Answer: major types of fractures


Question: Greenstick Fracture

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Answer: A bone is fractured on one side and still connected on the other


Question: Transverse Fracture
Answer: A bone is fractured so that the broken ends are straight across and
relatively clean


Question: Oblique Fracture
Answer: A bone is fractured so that the broken ends are on a diagonal and
have sharp, pointed ends


Question: Comminuted Fracture
Answer: A bone is fractured so that there are 2 or more fragments of
displaced bone


Question: Impacted Fracture
Answer: A bone is fractured so that there are fracture lines through the bone,
but the pieces have not displaced


Question: Stress Fracture
Answer: Crack or break in a bone related to excessive, repeated overloads


Question: pain/tenderness, absence of trauma, repetitive activity, duration
Answer: What are signs & symptoms of a stress fracture?


Question: poorly conditioned athletes, overweight athletes, athletes with low
calcium diets (particularly females)