Chapter 13 Flashcards
(17 cards)
Cause of acute injuries?
Trauma
Cause of Chronic injuries?
Overuse
Osteoblasts?
Bone-forming cells
Casting time for long bones?
6 weeks
Casting time for small bones?
3-4 weeks
Osteoclasts?
Cells that absorb and remove osseous tissue
Osteoblasts?
Bone-forming cells
Contusion?
Bruise
Strain?
Stretch, tear, or rip in a muscle or tendon.
Sprain?
Injury to a ligament or joint capsule that connects bone to bone.
How to tell difference between sprain and strain?
If pain with active motion and not with passive then it is a strain.
Tendionopathy?
Refers to tendinitis and tendinosis.
Tendinosis?
Failed healing of a tendon.
Tendinitis?
Inflammation of a tendon.
Creptus?
Crackling feeling or sound.
Tenosynovitis?
Inflammation of a tendon and its synovial sheath.
Three phases of the healing process?
Inflammatory response phase
Fibroblastic repair phase
Maturation-remodeling phase