Vocabulary
Fractures
Diseases
Treatments
Traction
100
Displacement of normal position of opposing bone ends or of bone ends to a socket.
What is a dislocation?
100
A crosswise (horizontal) fracture that breaks at a right angle to the long axis of the bone.
What is a transverse fracture?
100
Inherited bone disease disorder causing excessive bone fragility and defects.
What is Osteogenesis Imperfecta?
100
Always treated with surgery to stabilize the growth plate of the femor.
How do you treat Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis?
100
Halo traction.
200
A wasting or decrease in size of a muscle from lack of use or disease process.
What is atrophy?
200
An open fracture where the broken bone ends are displaced and protrude through the skin.
What is a compound fracture?
200
Lateral curvature of the spine that exceeds 10 degrees. Usually identified after preadolescent growth spurt.
What is scoliosis?
200
Protection, Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation, Immobilization (PRICE)
How do you treat soft tissue injuries?
200
What is Bucks skin traction?
300
A stretching too far or tear of muscle or tendon - microscopic to large tear.
What is a strain?
300
A fracture where the bone has been shattered into 3 or more pieces.
What is a comminuted fracture.
300
A defect of the vertebra without protrusion of the spinal cord or meninges.
What is Spina Bifida Occulta?
300
Gentle neck-stretching exercises several times per day to correct a painless, tightening of the sternocleidomastoid muscle most commonly seen in infants.
How do you treat Torticollis?
300
Infection of the bone.
What is Osteomyelitis?
400
Connective tissue that connects bones to bones and when injured, results in a sprain injury.
What is a ligament?
400
A slanting and circular fracture, twisting around the bone shaft.
What is a spiral fracture?
400
Infectious process of the bone.
What is osteomyelitis?
400
Serial casting (Ponseti method) and/or surgical correction of feet and ankle deformity.
How do you treat clubfoot?
400
What is Bryant skin traction?
500
Damage to soft tissue, subcutaneous tissue and muscle with escape of blood into tissues causing ecchymosis.
What is a contusion?
500
When the bone bends and cracks but does not fully break. More common in children with more flexible bones than adults.
What is a greenstick fracture?
500
Aseptic necrosis from poor circulation to the femoral head. Most common in 4-8 year old boys.
What is Legg-Calve-Perthes disease?
500
Surgical correction of a sternal deformity where there is a depression that sinks inward at the xiphoid process.
How do you treat Pectus excavatum?
500
What is Orthopedic fixation (external fixation)?