MSC ORT final UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

MSC ORT final UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT 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