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

MSC ORT Trauma final Stud y 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 descr ibe 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 transver se 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 fr acture - 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: be nding 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 bone s retain their alignment displaced fracture - CORRECT ANSWER -bone ends are out of normal alignment Varus fracture - CORRECT ANSWER - Valgus fracture - CORRECT ANSWER - open 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.