Types of fractures
What type of fracture is when bone remains aligned and surround tissue intact?
Simple fracture
How many vertebrae are in each segment of the vertebral column?
Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccyx
Cervical:7
Thoracic:12
Lumbar:5
Sacral:5
Coccyx:4
Pivot joints allow bones to _____:
Rotate
Bending your elbow or knee and decreasing the ankle is what?
Flexion
Which type of arthritis is due to wear and tear damage? And which type is due to an immune disorder?
Osteoarthritis-Wear and tear
Rheumatoid arthritis-immune
What type of fracture is it when the bone pierces the skin?
Compound fracture
What joints contain a fluid-filled joint capsule, allow a wide range of movement and are the most numerous and versatile joints?
Freely movable/synovial
Hinge Joints allow ____ and ____ movement:
Back and forth
Moving your arm or leg in a circular motion is what?
Circumduction
What type of muscle is involuntary and involves the heart?
Cardiac
What fracture is incomplete and common in kids?
Greenstick fracture
What joint is bound by fibrous tissue and allow little to no movement?
Ball and Socket joint offer the ____ range of motion:
Widest
Swinging the leg outwards at the hip away from the midline of the body is?
ABduction
Which type of muscle is involuntary and is found in the digestive tract, blood vessels, bladder, airway and uterus?
Smooth muscle
What is the fracture where the bones breaks into pieces?(most common in a car accident)
Comminuted fracture
Which joints are joined by cartilage and allow slight movement?
Cartilaginous and semi-movable
What type if joint is the knee joint? And what 3 bones articulate the knee?
Hinge joint and the femur, tibia & patella
Turning around on an axis away from the midline such as when turning your foot outwards and inwards is?
External rotation-outward
Internal rotation-inwards
What muscle is voluntary and attatched to bone?
Skeletal muscle
What is a fracture where the fracture line spirals around the bone?
Spiral fracture
What type of joints are skull sutures?
Fixed and fibrous
What joint in the body does nursemaid elbow impact? And which bones are involved in this joint?
Radioulnar joint and the radius & ulna
Increasing the angle of your elbow from a bent position to a straight position is?
Extension
A patient presents with sudden, severe calf muscle pain and swelling. What condition may this patient have?
DVT(deep vein thrombosis)