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Connects bone to bone
Ligament
How many different types of joints are in the body
7
How many different types of fractures are there
5
In this fracture the bones are broken in a twisting motion
Spiral
Makes a hole as it is drilled
self tapping
Connects Muscle to bone
Tendon
This type of joint is found in the shoulder and hips and allow for movement in almost any direction.
Ball and socket joints
Partial fracture, some of the bone is still intact
Incomplete fracture
Breaks in the radius close to the wrist most common wrist injury.
Colles
Used with threaded screw holes and locking plate
Locking screw
Bone, ligaments, and tendons are all types of what?
Connective tissue
This joint is found in the knees and elbows and allows for movement in one direction
hinge joint
A type or fracture where the broken bone pierces the skin creating a open wound is considered and emergency is called?
Open, displaced ( Compound)
Type of ankle fracture, break in the lateral or medial malleolus
Pott
Pulls the bone fragments together as it is fixed using compression.
Lag Screw
Produces red and white blood cells
Bone marrow
This joint is found in the neck and allow for rotating or twisting motion.
pivot joint
Greenstick fracture
Surgical treatment wherein pins and wires are inserted and affixed into the bone and then exit the body to be attached to external apparatus composed off rings and threaded rods. Typically seen for pelvic or extremity fractures.
External Fixation
Thick sharp wire drilled into the bone fragments
Kirschsäer wire ( K-wire)
Flat sheet of fascia to which muscles attach is called?
Aponeurosis
Found at the base of the fingers and the wrist these joints allow for movement back and forth and from side to side.
saddle joints
This fracture the bone is broken in at least two pieces and caused by severe trauma.
comminuted fracture
Exposes fracture for realignment by direct visualization
ORIF
Melded using plates benders to fit the bone
reconstruction plate