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Compartmental Syndrome is a serious complication of.... - correct answersfractures, limb
surgery and casting

Causative factors of compartmental syndrome - correct answersNon-elastic facia lining
compartments and casts/tight dressings

Symptoms of compartmental syndrome - correct answers-pain

-paresthesia

-pallor

-paralysis

-pulselessness

-pokilothermia

What do x-rays assess for? - correct answersmusculoskeletal disorders; fractures

What do arthrograms assess for? - correct answerssoft tissue joint structures

What do myelograms assess for? - correct answersintervertebral disc herniations

What do bone scans assess for? - correct answersmalignancies; osteomyelitis; osteoporosis;
pathologic fractures

What do CT scans assess for? - correct answersbone and soft tissue tumors; spinal fractures

, What do MRIs assess for? - correct answersdisorders of tendons, ligaments, cartilage and
bone marrow

What do biopsies assess for? - correct answersinfection or cancer of bone; atrophy or
inflammation of muscule

What do arthroscopies assess for? - correct answersassessment and treatment of joint
disorders

What are the two classifications of fractures? - correct answers1. closed - "simple"

2. open - "compound"; bone sticking out of skin

What are the 4 types of fractures? - correct answers1. compression

2. comminuted

3. greenstick

4. pathologic

Compression fracture - correct answersoccurs when the bone is pressed together
(compressed) on itself

Comminuted fracture - correct answersfracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed

Greenstick fracture - correct answersbending and incomplete break of a bone; most often
seen in children

Pathologic fracture - correct answersoccurs when a weakened bone breaks under normal
strain

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