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Skeletal System
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Closed Fracture | No open skin wound |
| Colles' Fracture | Wrist fracture |
| Comminuted Fracture | Bone is shattered, splintered or crushed into many small pieces |
| Greenstick Fracture | Incomplete Break of a bone |
| Impacted Fracture | Fracture in which bone fragments are pushed into each other |
| Oblique Fracture | When the bone is broken at an angle |
| Spiral Fracture | Fracture is from a twisting injury |
| Transverse Fracture | Complete fracture straight across the bone |
| Stress Fracture | Caused by repetitive low impact forces |
| Osteogenic Sarcoma | Most common type of bone cancer usually found in the long end of bones |
| Meniscus | Shock absorber in the knee |
| Periosteum | Membrane covering the bones |
| Diaphysis | Shaft of a long bone |
| Rickets | A deficiency in calcium and vitamin D found in early childhood that can result in genu varum |