Foster Skeletal Disorders

Partially cracked bone, common in young children

• simple fracture

• compound fracture

• greenstick fracture

• scoliosis

Mild injury because the Joint was twisted and ligament stretched

• fracture

• strain

• sprain

• torn meniscus

Disease common to old white women; bones are brittle, holey and break easily

• osteoporosis

• rheumatoid arthritis

• osteomalacia

• greenstick gracture

Term for a broken bone.

• osteopena

• greenstick fracture

• compound fracture

• fracture

Term for a broken bone that has is so bad it has also torn through the skin.

• osteopena

• greenstick fracture

• compound fracture

• fracture

Common knee injury that tears a ligament.

• torn meniscus

• torn ACL

• joint mice

• rheumatoid arthritis

Term for swayback.

• scoliosis

• lordosis

• kyphosis

• lumbar vertebrae

Term for hunchback.

• scoliosis

• lordosis

• kyphosis

• lumbar vertebrae

Term for lateral twisting of the ribs and spine.

• scoliosis

• lordosis

• kyphosis

• lumbar vertebrae

A common shoulder injury resulting in torn ligament. Common to baseball pitchers, house painters, and carpenters.

• rheumatoid arthritis

• torn meniscus

• torn ACL

• torn rotator cuff