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What is the purpose of the skeletal system? |
Blood cell formation Fat storage Movement Mineral storage Protection Support |
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What is the term used to reference the bones in the head and trunk of the skelaton? |
Axial skeleton |
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What part of the skeleton consists of bones that support the appendages? |
Appendicular skeleton |
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Name the missing parts. |
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What are the common types of bone fractures? |
Comminuted Compression Depressed Epiphyseal Greenstick Spiral |
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What type of bone fracture is this? |
Comminuted |
Commie bone |
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What type of fracture splits into three or more parts? |
Comminuted |
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Describe a comminuted fracture. |
Fracture that breaks into three or more pieces. |
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Who commonly gets comminuted fractures? |
Aged people whose bones are more brittle. |
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What type of fracture is this? |
Compression |
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Describe a fracture where the bone is crushed |
Compression |
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What is a compression fracture? |
Bone is crushed. |
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What bones usually suffer a compression fracture? |
Porous bones |
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How do people commonly get a compression fracture? |
Extreme trauma such as a fall. |
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What type of fracture is this? |
Spiral fracture |
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What type of fracture occurs when excessive twisting force is applied to a bone? |
Spiral |
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Describe a spiral fracture. |
Ragged break occurs when excessive twisting forces are applied to a bone. |
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What type of fracture is this? |
Epiphyseal |
Epi Pen Sy fy Seal |
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What type of fracture occurs when the epiphysis separates from the diaphysis along the epiphyseal plate? |
Epiphyseal |
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Describe an epiphyseal fracture. |
Epiphysis separates from the diaphysis along the epiphyseal plate. |
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What causes epiphyseal fractures? |
Tends to occur where cartilage cells are dying and a calcification of the matrix is occurring. |
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What type of fracture is this? |
Depressed |
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What type of fracture occurs when bone portion is pressed inward? |
Depressed |
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What is a depressed fracture? |
Bone portion is pressed in |
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What part of the body usually experiences depression fracture? |
Skull |
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What type of fracture is this? |
Greenstick |
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what type of fracture occurs when a bone breaks incompletely, much in the way a green twig breaks. Only one side of the shaft breaks; the other side bends. |
Greenstick |
Think of sticks that have been freshly plucked from a tree. |
