A & P I
The fiber-like connective tissue that covers arteries, veins, tendons, and ligaments.
What is the fascia?
The heel bone.
What is the calcaneus?
A fracture in which bone fragments are separated from one another, producing deformity in the limb.
What is a displaced fracture?
To return a dislocated joint or fractured bone to its normal position.
What is reduce?
SAM splints and vacuum splints are considered these types of splints.
What are formable splints?
The joint between the outer end of the clavicle and the acromion process of the scapula.
What is the acromioclavicular(AC) joint?
These types of muscles attach to the bones and usually cross at least one joint. Also called voluntary muscles.
What are the skeletal muscles?
The place where two bones come into contact.
What is a joint?
A break in the continuity of a bone.
What is a fracture?
What is false motion?
A flexible or rigid device used to protect and maintain the position of an injured extremity.
What is a splint?
Posterior dislocation of the hip is frequently complicated by injury to this nerve.
Also known as smooth muscle, this type of muscle is found in the walls of the gastrointestinal tract.
What is involuntary muscle?
The smaller of the two bones that form the lower leg, located on the lateral side.
What is the fibula?
Tenderness that is sharply localized at the site of the injury, found by gently palpating along the bone with the tip of one finger.
What is point tenderness?
A joint injury involving damage to supporting ligaments, and sometimes partial or temporary dislocation of bone ends.
What is a sprain?
When it is severe or when you encounter resistance or extreme pain when applying gentle traction, are two situations in which you must splint the limb in the position of _____.
What is deformity?
A bandage or material that helps to support the weight of an injured upper extremity.
What is a sling?
Skeletal muscle is directly attached to the bones by these.
What are tendons?
Bands of fibrous tissue that connect bones to bones. They support and strengthen a joint.
What are ligaments?
A simple crack in the bone that has not caused the bone to move from it's normal anatomic position. Also called a hairline fracture.
What is a nondisplaced fracture?
Disruption of a joint in which ligaments are damaged and the bone ends are no longer in contact.
What is a dislocation?
These are nonformable and are made from firm material and are applied to the sides, front, and/or back of an injured extremity to prevent motion at the injury site.
What are rigid splints?
Longitudinal force applied to a structure.
What is traction?
Also known as the shin bone.
What is the tibia?
A pearly white layer of specialized cartilage covering the contact surfaces on the ends of the bones in synovial joints.
What is articular cartilage?
A grating or grinding sensation or sound caused by fractured bone ends or joints rubbing together.
What is crepitus?
Stretching or tearing of a muscle, also called a muscle pull.
What is a strain?
A device to splint the bony pelvis to reduce hemorrhage from bone ends, venous disruption, and pain.
What is a pelvic binder?
A bandage that passes around the chest to secure an injured arm to the chest.
What is a swathe?