Splints and injuries

Splints provide

• additional support for fracture repair

• opportunities for animals to not lose their limbs from injury

• more work for the owner of the animal

The best reason for immobilizing a broken bone is to:

• reduce pain

• assist with walking

• decrease swelling

• prevent further injury if the victim needs to be moved

Another name for a simple fracture is:

• open

• closed

• dislocated

• sprain

Fracturing a bone is never good, which one is more serious for the health of the patient?

• simple

• compound

• complex

• closed

When the end of a bone is either displaced from a joint or moved out of normal position, it is called a(n)

• dislocation

• sprain

• strain

• fracture

An injury caused by excessive stretching, overuse, or misuse of a muscle is called a(n):

• dislocation

• strain

• sprain

• fracture

Injury to a joint accompanied by stretching or tearing of the ligaments is called a(n)

• dislocation

• fracture

• sprain

• strain

what is a strain? 

• when the skin is torn
• a torn ligament
• a torn tendon
• a torn muscle

What kind of fracture is shown in the picture?

• Open or compound
• Closed or simple

A __________ occurs when a joint comes apart and stays apart with the bone ends no longer in contact.

• fracture
• sprain
• dislocation
• strain