Compression Fracture | | happens in ligaments |
Tension Fracture | | Breaks through skin |
Compound fracture | | Narrowing of space between vertebral joints |
greenstick fracture | | bone bends and partially breaks |
Transverse fracture | | fracture that muscle pulls from bone, usually in adolescents |
Avulsion or Apophysial Fracture | | bone break at right angle |
Epiphysial Fracture | | can create blockage of pulmonary vessel |
wolff's Law | | a disorder of the the epiphysis |
Myositis Ossificans | | swelling in soft tissue after fracture, puts pressure on bones |
Osteomyelitis | | characterized by decreased bone mass |
Compartmental Syndrome | | bone needs stress to grow |
fat embolism | | Pannus is present |
osteoarthritis | | may be characterized by Bouchard's nodes |
rheumatoid arthritis | | Fracture in growth plate |
osteoporosis | | Bone dieposits in the muscle |
osteochondrosis | | infection in the bone or marrow |
Osteogenesis imperfecta | | happens in tendons |
Strain | | brittle bones |
Sprain | | One vertebrae slips forward over the one below |
Spinal Stenosis | | Fracture that occurs on this side of bent bone -->C |
Degenerative Spondylolisthesis | | Facture that occurs on this side of bent bone C<-- |