Bone Disorders

Caused when a bone is completely displaced from its joint

• Simple sprain
• simple or closed fracture
• Open fracture
• Dislocation 

When the bone breaks internally but does not come through the skin

• Dislocation
• Simple or closed facture
• open fracture
• greenstick fracture 

Broken bone projects through the skin.  Leads to increased bleeding and risk of infection 

• Sprain
• Comminuted fracture
• Open fracture
• Osteoporosis

Do not break through the entire bone.  More likely in small children due to greater portion of protein

• Comminuted fracture
• Greenstick fracture
• Open fracture
• Brittle bone disease 

Involve the bone shattering into multiple pieces or fragments

• Greenstick
• Osteoporosis
• Comminuted fracture 
• Open fracture 

Is a congenital disorder that results in an inability to produce a type of collagen needed in bone tissue

• Osteoporosis
• Brittle Bone Disease
• Open fracture
• Greenstick fracture

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Is a decrease in bone mass that most often occurs in older women. 

• Brittle bone disease
• Osteoporosis
• Scoliosis
• Osteoarthritus 

Is an abnormal sideways curvature of the spine

• Soliosis
• Osetoarthrius
• Brittle Bone disease
• Comminuted fracture

Is a wearing down of articular cartilage as a result of aging

• Scoliosis
• Brittle Bone disease
• Osteoarhristus
• Osteoporosis 

• Dislocation
• Open fracture
• Closed fracture
• Greenstick fracture