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Anatamy - Musles/Bones
Muscle and bone review
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Medical
Graduate
11/29/2010

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Term
salter-harris
Definition
definition of fractures in developing bone with a growth plate
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Salter-harris I
Definition
across physis only
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Salter-harris II
Definition
across physis with metaphysis involvement
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Salter-harris III
Definition
across physis and epiphysis involvement
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salter-harris IV
Definition
across physis and epiphysis and metaphysis involvment
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salter-harris IV
Definition
across physis and epiphysis and metaphysis involvment
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Greater trochancteric fracture
Definition
proximal femoral fractures
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Suboccipital neck fracture
Definition
proximal femoral fractures
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Transcervical neck fracture
Definition
proximal femoral fractures
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Intertrochanteric fracture
Definition
proximal femoral fractures
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Subtrochanteric fracture
Definition
proximal femoral fractures
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Lesser trochanteric fracture
Definition
proximal femoral fractures
Term
fat pad sign
Definition
fracture of radial head (pad is seen as radiulucent portion of radial fossa)
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supracondylar region
Definition
more specific for fracture of femur
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avulsed
Definition
condylar region that is broken
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impacted
Definition
bone that is compacted into itself (fracture)
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torus
Definition
young bone (springy) that has been bent and now shows stretch marks on radiograph
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