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Musculoskeletal
Week 5
15
Pathology
Undergraduate 3
07/21/2014
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Comminuted fracture

 

 Definition
Mutiple bone fragements
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Linear
 Definition
Long axis of bone
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Oblique
 Definition
At an angle
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Spiral
 Definition
Encircling the bone
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Transverse
 Definition
Perpendicular to the long axis
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Impact
 Definition
Bone fragments pushed into eachother
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Pathologic
 Definition
Bone weakness due to underlying disease
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Avulsion
 Definition
Complete separation of the tendon or ligament from its boney attachment site
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Compression fracture
 Definition
Part of bone wedged or squeezed
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Greenstick fracture
 Definition
Break in cortex of bone (children and elderly)
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Torus fracture
 Definition
Buckling of cortex
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Stress fracture
 Definition
Microfracture
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Transchondral fracture
 Definition
Separation of cartilaginous joint surface
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Subluxation
 Definition
Partial dislocation
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