Bones
Our skeleton has two forms of bones. One is a solid dense bone and the other is a non-solid bone composed of a meshwork of bone.
What are Cortical and Trabecular/Cancellous Bone?
I serves as the primary knee stabilizer, preventing forward displacement of the tibia on the femur.
What is the ACL?
(I also cause the most joint instability)
These are bone-forming cells. They secrete osteoid, which forms the bone matrix. They also begin mineralization and are unable to divide.
What are Osteoblasts?
This type of fracture occurs near the base of the fifth metatarsal bone and disrupts the blood supply to the bone. This injury takes time to heal and may require surgery.
What is a Jones Fracture?
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Tendon
The total # of bones a human adult has.
What is 206?
It takes a lot of force to fracure and causes signifigant amount of bleeding. There are three different types of fractures that I might have.
What is Femur?
These are immature cells that differentiate into osteoblasts. These do divide.
What are Osteoprogenitor cells?
This type of fracture is commonly due to falling onto an extended hand. The radial fracture piece is displaced posteriorly.
What is Colles Fracture?
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Ligament
These bones are susceptible to osteoporosis
What are Trabecular bones of the wrist, hip and vertebrae?
Consequences of fracturing me include postural changes, particularly kyphosis, loss of height, and pain.
What is Osteoporotic Vertebral Fracture?
These function in resorption and degradation of existing bone, the opposite of osteoblasts.
What are Osteoclasts?
The most common childhood fracture is of this bone.
What is the clavicle?
Cousin Not
Contusion
Injury here or above might cause respiratory failure. This is also where you find the phrenic nerve that innervates the diaphram.
What is a Cervical Spine Fracture of C4.
I occur when there is weakening of my bone by osteoporosis, infection, degeneration, necrosis, or a space-occupying lesion in the bone.
What is a Pathological Fracture?
These are mature osteoblasts that maintain metabolism and nutrient and waste exchange; they are unable to divide.
What are Osteocytes?
An incomplete break in the bone with the intact side of the cortex flexed (one side is broken and the other is bent). It is usually seen in children.
What is Greenstick Fracture?
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Osteoporosis
What is the acronymn that is commonly used to refer to the treatment patient should recieve for mild to moderate injury to the musculoskeletal system? Define each letter of the acronym.
What is "RICE"
R: Rest for initial 24 to 48 hours
I: Ice application on injured region for 20 minutes of each waking hour during the initial 48 hours after injury
C: Compression, with brace or splint, if necessary
E: Elevation above the level of the heart
If lumbar pain is accompanied by urinary or fecal incontinence, this is probably what I have. I am a medical emergency which happens when the bundle of nerves at the end of the spinal cord is compressed.
What is Cauda Equina Syndrome?
Beginning at age 30 or so, the amount of bone resorbed by the _________ exceeds that which is formed by osteoblasts, resulting in a steady decrease in bone mass with age.
What is Osteoclasts?
A fracture with more than one fracture line and more than two bone fragments, which may be shattered or crushed.
What is a Comminuted Fracture?
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Pulmonary Embolism