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NUR1114 Exam Latest Updateaxial skeleton - Answer - skull, ribcage and vertebral column
appendicular skeleton - Answer upper limbs, lower limbs, shoulder, pelvic girdle
comminuted fracture - Answer bone breaks into many fragments three or more pieces
compression fracture - Answer bone is crushed
greenstick fracture - Answer bending and incomplete break of a bone; most often seen
in children
spiral fracture - Answer ragged break occurs when excessive twisting forces are
applied to a bone
epiphyseal fracture - Answer bone breaks along the epiphyseal plate
transverse fracture - Answer complete fracture that is straight across the bone at right
angles to the long axis of the bone
depressed fracture - Answer broken bone portion is pressed inward
avulsion fracture - Answer Tendon or ligament pulls bone away at site of attachment.
pathological fracture - Answer caused by a disease weakening bone structure e.g.
osteoporosis
Colles fracture - Answer fracture of the distal end of the radius
Scapoid fracture - Answer common carpal \bone fracture
Pott's fracture - Answer a break in the medial malleolus of the tibia and/or lateral
malleolus of the fibula
fracture repair stage 1 - Answer - torn blood vessels haemorrhage
- clot forms
- site swollen and sore
fracture repair stage 2 - Answer - fibroblasts produce collagen fibres
- chondroblasts produce cartilage
- fibrocartilaginous callus splints broken
fracture repair stage 3 - Answer - fibrocartilage callus is replaced by spongy bone
- bone ends firmly united
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