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40 Cards in this Set
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apophyseal
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small fragment torn from bone
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articular
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joint surface
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avulsion
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caused by torn ligament
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blow-out
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orbital floor (trauma)
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boxer
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metacarpal (hitting something hard with fist)
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bucket-handle
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tear in cartilage that leaves loop of cartilage in intercondylar notch
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burst
(axial compression fracture) |
vertebra
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butterfly
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2 fragments of bone on either side of main fracture
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buttonhole
(perforating fracture) |
bone perforated by missile
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chisel
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detached head of radius
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cleavage
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shelling off cartilage from bone
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closed (simple)
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does not make an open wound on skin
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Colles'
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lower end of radius where fragment is displaced
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comminuted
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splintered or crushed
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complete
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broken all the way across
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complicated
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injury to adjacent bones
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compound
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open fracture
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compression
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from compression
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condylar
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humerus (small fragment is separated from bone)
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dislocation
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displacement of joint
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greenstick
(hickory-stick) |
one side broken, one side bent
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hangman's
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through axis (C2) in neck
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impacted
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one fracture driven through another
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indirect
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fracture at a point distant from injury
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insufficiency
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stress fracture because of decreased bone density
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intra-articular
(intraarticular) |
on articular surface of bone
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intracapsular
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within capsule of joint
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intrauterine
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of fetal bone in utero
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Le fort
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maxilla
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linear
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along length of bone
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longitudinal
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extending in longitudinal direction
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oblique
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extending in oblique direction
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open
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bone makes external wound
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spiral
(torsion) |
twisted apart
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spontaneous
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results from longstanding disease and is not traumatic
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stress
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result of repeated stress
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subcapital
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just below bone head
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torus
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expansion of cortex, but no displacement of lower end of bone
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transverse
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occurs at right angle to the axis of bone
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tuft
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splintered fracture of distal phalanx
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