Terminology
This injury occurs when a bone is forced completely out of its normal joint position.
What is a dislocation?
In this type of fracture, the bone does not break through the skin.
What is a simple or closed fracture?
This fracture occurs when the anterior portion of a vertebral body collapses or becomes crushed.
What is a compression fracture?
This structure is the shaft or body of a long bone
What is the diaphysis?
This congenital spinal condition occurs when the neural tube does not close properly and the vertebral laminae fail to fuse.
What is spina bifida?
This injury occurs when a joint is only partially dislocated and the articulating surfaces remain in partial contact.
What is subluxation?
This type of fracture occurs when the bone breaks through the skin.
What is a compound or open fracture?
This type of fracture occurs in bone weakened by a disease process, such as osteoporosis or neoplasia.
What is a pathologic fracture?
The primary ossification center of a long bone is located in this region.
What is the diaphysis?
This condition involves abnormal development of the acetabulum and may occur with or without dislocation of the hip.
What is developmental dysplasia of the hip?
This term describes the relationship between the long axes of two fracture fragment
What is apposition?
In this type of fracture, the fracture line does not extend completely through the bone.
What is an incomplete fracture?
This distal radius fracture is characterized by posterior displacement of the distal fracture fragment.
What is a Colles fracture?
Secondary ossification centers are typically found in these expanded ends of a long bone.
What are the epiphyses?
This condition occurs when a normal opening or passage in the body is closed or absent.
What is atresia?
In this type of angulation, the apex points toward the midline and the distal fragment angles away from the midline.
What is valgus?
This incomplete fracture produces a buckling or raised area of the cortex.
What is a torus fracture?
This distal radius fracture is characterized by anterior displacement of the distal fracture fragment.
What is a Smith fracture?
This region is located between the epiphysis and diaphysis.
What is the metaphysis?
This life-threatening condition occurs when one portion of the intestine telescopes into another, causing an obstruction.
What is intussusception?
This projection is required to determine whether fracture displacement is anterior or posterior.
What is the lateral projection?
This incomplete injury causes the bone to bend without a visible fracture line.
What is a plastic fracture?
In this type of fracture, multiple fracture lines radiate outward from the central point of injury.
What is a stellate fracture?
This cartilaginous structure is located between the epiphysis and metaphysis and is responsible for the lengthwise growth of a long bone.
What is the epiphyseal plate?
This condition occurs when the pylorus becomes thickened and swollen, restricting food from passing into the small intestine.
What is pyloric stenosis?