Skeletal System - Fractures and Repairs

Even though bones are strong, what are they susceptible to all throughout life?

• Tears

• Growth

• Fractures

• Fusing

What are the most common times in your life for fractures to occur?

• Youth

• Middle adulthood

• Elderly years

• Infancy

Stress factures occur when irregular forces cause the bone to break

• True

• False

What type of fracture is caused from diseases that affect bone tissues and cause the bone to break?

• Avulsion

• Greenstick

• Comminuted

• Pathological

What type of fracture is this?

• Stress

• Compound

• Comminuted

• Compression

Comminuted fractures are easy to repair because they remove the pieces and the bones fuse back together on their own.

• False

• True

Answer explanation

Comminuted fractures are DIFFICULT to repair because of the tiny pieces. Surgery is needed to place a rod and screws.

What type of fracture is this?

• Compound fracture

• Compression fracture

• Comminuted fracture

• Greenstick fracture

Compression fractures occur when the bone is ___ under the weight it was meant to support.

• chipped

• removed

• repaired

• crushed

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What type of fracture is common in porous bones found in elderly people?

• Spiral

• Compression

• Impacted

• Avulsion

Avulsion fractures are when a tendon/ligament pulls off a fragment of bone and is often seen in ankle fractures.

• True

• False