Muscloskeletal Injuries

Immediate onset, usually caused by trauma

• Chronic

• Acute

• Contusion

• Fracture

Usually occurs over time; usually lasting over 3 months

• Acute

• Chronic

• Fracture

• Dislocation

Cells that produce or build bone

• Osteoblasts

• Osteoclasts

• Osteomasts

• Osteolasts

Cells that absorb or break down bone

• Osteoblasts

• Osteoclasts

• Osteomasts

• Osteocytes

The shaft of the bone

• Epiphysis

• Diaphysis

• Periosteum

• Growth Plate

Ends of the bone; growth plates are found here

• Diaphysis

• Epiphysis

• Periosteum

Outer covering of a bone

• Diaphysis

• Epiphysis

• Periosteum

True or False: a break in the bone is different than a fracture

• True

• False

a break consisting of 3 or more fragments of bone

• Open

• Greenstick

• Comminuted

• Closed

Incomplete break; common in adolescents

• Greenstick

• Comminuted

• Stress

• Spiral