Question

CHAPTER 15 ASSIGNMENT Answer the following critical thinking questions. Use the Internet as a resource. 1. Discuss in detail all of the types of fractures that can occur in bones as well as the treatment (if any) for each. Use the Internet as a resource. 2. Many of the bones of the body have an English name as well as a medical name, i.e., skull (cranium). List as many of these as you can. 3. Sarah is a freshman high school student who is also holding down a 20-hour-a-week job. She drinks diet cola several times a day to keep her energized without adding calories, and she has given up all dairy products as part of her newly embraced vegan diet. At a routine checkup, her physician warned against excessive soda consumption and recommended that she add more sources of calcium to her diet. Why? 4. Research the current choices of therapy for herniation of intervertebral disk. How have these treatments progressed over time? Determine which treatments are invasive versus those that are not.

Answer 1

1) Fracture is considered as the breakage of continuity of the bone.Fractute can occur in any part of the body.

Types of fractures

There are classified into a)simple or closed fracture

b) compound or open fracture.

In simple fracture the skin remains intact and the bone is not visible.

In compound fracture the bone protrudes from the skin and the bone will be visible​.

Stable fracture in which the bone is barely out of its original place.

Greenstick fracture in which bone is not separated completely.

Spiral fracture in which break of the bone is spiral.

Transverse fracture in which break occurs along the straight line of the bone.

Oblique fracture in which the break is diagonal across the bone.

Segmental fracture in which the bone is broken at two places.

Compression fracture in which the bone is crushed.

Comminuted fracture in which the bone is broken into three or more pieces.

Bones have a unique quality they can heal after sometime.

Some fractures such as simple, stable ,greenstick, oblique uses cast or brace.

Some fractures such as comminuted, compression,segmental, compound uses surgeries as treatment in which pins ,metal rods are used for support.