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Fractures and Disorders
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Chapter 1
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Level 1
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Fracture type most common in athletics where an extremity is planted and a TWISTING motion is applied
Spiral
Fracture type most common in athletics where an extremity is planted and a TWISTING motion is applied
Spiral
Fracture type most common in athletics where an extremity is planted and a TWISTING motion is applied
Spiral
A fracture in which the cortical portion of one bone fragment is forced into the medullary cavity of the second bone fragment.
Impacted Fracture
Fracture in which bone fragments do NOT penetrate the skin
Simple Fracture
A partial or incomplete fracture
Greenstick Fracture
Fracture in which bone fragments DO penetrate the skin
Complicated fracture
A cranial fracture where the bone is pushed towards the brain.
Depression fracture
A fracture from a twisting motion
Spiral fracture
A fracture in which a bone fragment damages underlying structures
Comminuted fracture
Alignment of bone fragments using pins, screws and or plates.
Open reduction
Alignment of bone fragments without the surgery
Closed reduction
A fracture in which a bone collapses in on itself
Compression fracture
A fracture resulting in three or more fragments
Compound fracture
Disorder with an abnormal sideways curvature of the spine
Scoliosis
Disorder that describes an excessively curved upper spine
Kyphosis
Disorder that describes an excessively curved lower spine
Lordosis
Fracture type most common in children
Greenstick
Fracture type most common in elderly female patients
Compression
Bone disorder caused by Vitamin D deficiency
Rickets
Fracture type most common in athletics where an extremity is planted and a TWISTING motion is applied
Spiral
Bone disorder caused by calcium deficiecy
Rickets