Skeletal Components
Location: elbows, knees, and heels
Function: increase padding for weight bearing
What are bursa?
Which joints can externally and internally rotate and which joint can rotate.
What are the hips and shoulders and what are C1/C2 (Atlas and Axis)?
This injury leads to discoloration, pain, swelling, along with inflammation and tenderness in the area from a traumatic risk factor.
What are bone bruises?
This is disease causes the strength and density of a bone to weaken, as well as, leads to an increased risk of bone fractures.
What is osteoporosis?
What is subjective and is what a patient is personally experiencing?
What is a symptom?
Examples: ACL and MCL
Function" Connects the femur to the tibia
What are ligaments?
Which motions are responsible for writing and drinking from a cup?
What are ulnar and radial deviation?
This type of fracture is both OPEN and DISPLACED and involves an increased risk for infection.
What is a compound fracture?
Abnormal white blood cell count leading to the body's inability to fight infections and deliver oxygen to our cells.
What is leukemia?
What is objective and is what someone else observes in a patient?
What is a sign?
Function: Connection of the biceps muscle from the scapula
What is a tendon? (biceps tendon)
Which motions are responsible for calf raises and calf strecthes?
What are plantarflexion and dorsiflexion?
This type of fracture is caused by an overuse injury OR repetitive movements when someone is not listening to their body.
What is a stress fracture?
Cartilage breakdown in between bones (joints) which leads to bone on bone rubbing and significant pain.
What is osteoarthritis?
What is a characteristic which increases the likelihood of disease and/or injury?
What is a risk factor?
Functions: shock absorption, joint lubrication, joint protection
What is cartilage?
These joints have the greatest range of motion and these joints have the smallest range of motion.
Range of motion (movement)
What are the shoulders and hips?
What are the elbows and knees?
This type of fracture involves the 5th metacarpal bone and is a result of hitting something stupid with your hand.
What is a Boxer's fracture?
Signs and Symptoms include frequent infections, bone pain, easily bruising and bleeding, excessive weight loss, and a painful, swollen stomach.
What is leukemia?
This is a category of risk factors and examples include MVAs, falls, abuse cases, and sports injuries.
What are traumatic risk factors?
Sprain or a tear
These joints can at least flex and extend.
What are the shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, and ankles?
Any fracture of any bone is painful and could require a lengthy treatment plan which could take months dependent on the severity of fracture and which bone was fractured. Name two bones which you absolutely do not want to fracture because in some cases they can lead to death.
What are the cranium, spine, ribs and sternum, and the pelvis?
Signs and symptoms include significant pain, inflammation, bone damage (bruises), and decrease range of motion.
What is osteoarthritis?
These risk factors include: Smoking and drinking, as well as, poor diet and lack of exercise.
What are lifestyle habit risk factors?