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| broken ends protrude through skin |
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| A fracture that does not extend the entire width of the bone |
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| A fracture that extends the entire width of a bone |
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| Fracture i which the two ends of a bone are separated from one another |
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| (hairline fracture) a simple crack in a bone that does not cause the bone to move from its anatomical position |
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| Partial fracture in which one side of the bone is broken and the other side bends |
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| One end of fractured bone is forcefully driven into the interior of the ohtrer |
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| fracture of the distal end of lateral leg bone, with serious injury of the distal tibial articulation |
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| fracture of the distal end of radius in which distal fragment is displaced posteriorly |
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| fracture in which the has been twisted apart |
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| bone splinters at the site of impact, and smaller fragments lie between the two main fragments |
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| series of microscopic fissures in a bone that form without any evidence of injury to other tissues |
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| separation of small fragments of bone cortex at the site of attachment for a ligament or tendon |
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fracture hematoma
fibrocartilagnous callus formation
bony callus
bone remodeling |
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blood forms clot around site
6-8 hours after injury
nearby bone cells die
swelling an inflammation occur |
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| fibrocartilaginous callus formation |
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procallus- actively growing connective tissue
fibroblasts invade and produce collagen fibers
osteogenic cells dev into chondroblasts
procallus turns into fibrocartilignous |
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broken fragments gradually reasorbed by osteoclasts
compact replaces spongy- often a thickened area of bone remains as evidance
may be stronger than the bone before |
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| how do we treat fractures? |
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vary according to age, type of fracture, and bone involved
realignment, immobilization, restoration of function
reduction. then plates, screws, pins, rods and wires |
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| surgery involving pins, screws, plates, rods ect to realign bones |
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| manual manipulation to realign bones |
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