Diagnostic Tests
A blood test that is used to diagnose Gout.
What is uric acid levels?
What bone cells are made of strong, non-living matrix of calcium salts and protein collagen?
What are osteocytes?
Term used to describe the treatment for when bone ends are held in place by metal plates and screws.
What is ORIF? (Open reducation Internal Fixation)
This type of fracture curves around the shaft of the bone.
What is spiral?
Complication of fractures in which small fat droplets are released from yellow bone marrow into the blood stream.
What is fat embolism?
A procedure with provides direct visualization of a joint and it's capsule.
What is Arthroscopy?
This hormone is secreted by the parathyroid glands and increases the removal of calcium and phosphate from the bones.
What is parathyroid hormone?
This is the most common treatment for a sprain.
What is R.I.C.E?
This type of fracture occurs when bone is bent and factures on the outer arc.
What is a Greenstick fracture?
A condition in which bone tissue dies as a result of impaired blood supply.
What is avascular necrosis?
A procedure in which synovial fluid is aspirated from a joint.
What is arthrocentesis?
What is growth hormone?
This type of skin traction that is used for patients with hip fractures who are not candidates for early surgery.
What is Buck's Traction?
Occurs when a piece of bone is torn away from the main bone while still attached to a ligament or tendon.
What is Avulsion?
A term that is used to describe when bacteria invaded the bone and surrounding soft tissue.
What is Osteomyelitis?
A protein that is found in striated muscle that rises when muscle is damaged.
What is Myoglobin?
This hormone from the thyroid gland promotes the retention of calcium in the bones/
What is calcitonin?
This is often the required treatment for ischemia associated with PVD.
What is amputation?
This is caused when bone is weakened by pressure from a tumor or an actual tumor in the bone.
What is pathological fracture?
These complications can be prevented by adminstering enoxaparin, dalteparin, fondaparinux or Xarelto.
What is DVT or PE?
What is Alkaline Phosphatase?
This type of cell resorbs bone matrix when more calcium is needed in the blood.
What is osteoclast?
The primary type of treatment for this bone disorder is long-term antibiotic use.
What is osteomyelitis?
This type of fracture involves bones within a joint.
What is interarticular fracture?
This occurs when sheaths of fibrous tissue that support and partition nerves, muscles and blood vessels are compressed.
What is compartment syndrome?