NUR 326 ATI Fractures
- Fracture
- Trauma
Answer A ... is a break in a bone secondary to trauma or a pathological condition.
Answer Fractures caused by ... are the most common type of bone fracture.
- Pathological fractures
Answer .... can be caused by
-Metastatic cancer -Osteoporosis -Paget's disease
- Osteoclasts
- Osteoblasts
Answer Bone is continually going through a process of remodeling as ...... release claim from the bone.
Answer ....
Build up the bone
- thirties
- Osteoporosis
- Closed (simple) fracture
Answer Remodeling of bone occurs at equal rates (of osteoblasts and osteo- clasts) until an individual reaches their .....
Answer After someone reaches their thirties, the activity of osteoclasts out space the osteoblasts.-This increases an individual's risk of .....
Answer Does not break through the skin surface. 1 / 2
- Open (compound) fracture
- Grade I
Answer Disrupts the skin integrity, causing an open wound and tissue injury with the risk of infection.
Answer Open fractures are graded upon the extent of the tissue injury
Answer Minimal skin damage
- Grade II
Answer Open fractures are graded upon the extent of the tissue injury
Answer Damage includes skin and muscle contusions but without extensive soft tissue injury
- GradeIII
Answer Open fractures are graded upon the extent of the tissue injury
Answer Damage is excessive to skin, muscles, nerves, and blood vessels
- Complete fracture
Answer Goes through the entire bone, dividing it into two parts.
- Incomplete fracture
Answer Goes through part of the bone
- Simple fracture
Answer Has one fracture line
- Comminuted fracture
- Displaced fracture
Answer Has multiple fracture lines splitting the bone into multiple pieces.
Answer
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