Fractures
A disorder that can cause a bone to fracture easier?
Osteoporosis
The difference between a 1st, 2nd or 3rd degree injury is?
The amount of tissue that has been injured
A jagged irregular open wound is a ___________
Laceration
Which joint is capable of circumduction?
shoulder
The elbow is located ________________to the wrist
proximal
Most fractures heal in _________
Six weeks
What type of tissue connects bone to bone?
Ligament
A hematoma is caused by
Blood vessels breaking under the skin
Which joint is capable of inversion and eversion?
Ankle
in terms of location the head is the most _____________ part of the body
superior
What is the term for a fracture that does not heal?
Non-union fracture
A sprain is an injury to a ____________
Ligament
What are the three functions on bone?
Protect vital organs, produce movement, produce blood cells
All movement in the body is based on the _____________position.
Anatomical
The spine is located in the __________ aspect of the body
posterior
The radius is in the ____________skeletal system and sternum is in the ____________________ skeletal system
Apendicular/Axial
The length of time it takes tissue to heal is dependent on?
The extent of the injury
A ____________refers to an injury to the nerve that causes it to thicken
Neuroma
The purpose of cartilage is to __________________
Absorb shock and allow smooth movement
What stage of healing involves phagocytes eating dead cells
Stage 1 inflammatory
A fracture that travels across the bone in 90 degree fashion
transverse
Injury to muscle or tendon is a
strain
An injury marked by tearing away a piece of the body
Avulsion
Abduction and adduction occur in which plane of motion?
Frontal
What injury occurs when the bone comes out of the joint?
Dislocation