Orthopaedic Injury EMT Pilot

The skeletal bones provide many functions to our body. Bones are what give us a framework of our body, they aid in movement, and it helps in the production of red blood cells (RBCs). What is the name of the red blood cell generation in the musculoskeletal system?

• hemolysis

• hematogeneration

• hematopoiesis

• hematopolythesis

Place in the correct order the pathway that blood will travel when supplying the upper extremities?

• Axillary artery

• Radial & Ulnar arteries

• Brachial artery

• Subclavian artery

• Digital arteries

The external iliac veins supply blood to our lower extremities?

• True

• False

All of the following are bone classifications except?

• round bones

• flat bones

• irregular bones

• medium bones

Match the following

• tendon

• connects skeletal muscle to bone

• ligament

• consists of fibrous collagen

• cartilage

• connects bone to bone

Osteoporosis is defined as significant decrease in bone density?

• True

• False

When force is applied to one region of the body but then causes a fracture or dislocation in another region is called______?

Why is it important to know and be able to distinguish an open fracture compared to a closed fracture?

One of the most reliable signs of a fracture is called?

• Shortening

• Crepitus

• Deformity

• Pain

This term represents a grating sensation over the broken bone ends?

• Crepitus

• Subluxation

• Point tenderness

• None of the above