Fractures & Healing
This is the first step of bone healing a blood clot that forms at the fracture site.
What is a hematomea?
This is the name for a freely movable joint, such as the knee or elbow
What is diarthrosis?
This is the name for the long shaft portion of the long bone.
What is the diaphysis?
This is the most common form of arthritis, has no cure, and involves progressive cartilage deterioration
What is osteoarthritis?
This is the most frequently used imaging test for evaluating dislocations, sprains, and fractures.
What is an X-ray?
This term describes an incomplete fracture common in children, due to the flexibility of their bones.
What is a greenstick fracture?
This fluid-filled sac cushions a joint and reduces friction during movement
What is a bursa?
Bone is made up of over 20% of this substance by weight
What is water?
This metabolic bone disorder causes loss of bone mass and commonly affects women after menopause
What is osteoporosis?
This endoscopic procedure allows direct visual inspection of a joint, most often the knee.
What is arthroscopy?
Besides immobilizing the affected part, this is the other primary concern when treating a serious fracture.
What is preventing shock?
This is the name for a completely immovable joint, such as the sutures of the skull.
What is synarthrosis?
This tough membrane covers the outer surface of bone and contains the blood vessels and nerves that enter it
What is the periosteum?
This condition causes severe joint pain, often at night in the great toe, due to urate crystal deposits
What is gout?
This imaging test uses strong magnets and radio waves to build detailed images, without using any radiation.
What is an MRI?
This temporary structure forms between bone fragments during the second stage of healing, before true new bone forms.
What is a fibrous bridge?
This joint type allows only partial movement, such as where the ribs attach to the spine.
What is amphiarthrosis?
This type of bone marrow is found in shaft of the long bone and is made up mostly fat
What is yellow marrow?
This condition is a lateral curvature of the spine that also involves rotation of the vertebral column.
What is scoliosis?
This nuclear medicine test uses a small amount of an injected radioactive substance to help diagnose disease based on bone structure.
What is a bone scan?
This specific wrist fracture pattern is common in children who fracture their arm
What is a Colles' fracture?
This slippery tissue covers the ends of bones inside a synovial joint and absorbs shock during movement
What is articular cartilage?
A baby is born with approximately this many bones
What is 270?
This chronic, systemic autoimmune disease attacks the joints and surrounding tissue, and is three times more common in women, most often striking between ages 35-45.
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
This specialized X-ray test involves the tube moving around the patient to build cross-sectional images.
What is a CT scan?