4.5 Bone Disorders

Caused when a bone is twisted excessively

• Simple

• stress

• compound

• spiral

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

• Brittle bone disease
• Osteoporosis
• Scoliosis
• Osteoarthritus 

• Dislocation
• Open fracture
• Closed fracture
• Greenstick fracture 

• Brittle bone disease
• Osteoarthrius
• Scoliosis
• Comminuted fracture 

circular movement of a limb

• aBduction
• aDduction
• circumduction
• pronation

chronic autoimmune disease of joints - joints are badly swollen and painful - muscles spasm and cause deformities in the joints   - symptoms generally worse in the morning 

• Osteoarthritis
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Osteoporosis
• Gout

Decrease in bone mass and density that leaves the bone thinner, porous and very susceptible to fracture

• Osteoarthritis
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Osteoporosis
• gout

Abnormal lateral S curve in spine - S/S: uneven shoulders, hips, and leg lengths

• Rickets
• Scoliosis
• Lordosis
• Kyphosis