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What type of fracture generally occurs in children?
a. Greenstick
Which disorder usually causes skeletal pain and involves significant bone demineralization from vitamin D deficiency?
a. Osteomalacia
A fracture in which bone breaks into two or more fragments is referred to as
a. comminuted.
The person at highest risk of a greenstick fracture from falling off a tall ladder is age
c. 8.
Muscular dystrophy includes a number of muscle disorders that are
a. genetically transmitted.
A unique characteristic feature of fibromyalgia is the presence of
a. tender point pain.
Most muscle strains are due to
b. abnormal muscle contraction.
Anticholinesterase inhibitors may be used to manage
b. myasthenia gravis.
Rickets is characterized by soft, weak bones resulting from a deficiency of
d. vitamin D.
In older women, osteoporosis is thought to be primarily due to
b. estrogen deficiency.
Paget's disease is characterized by
b. excessive bone resorption followed by excessive formation of fragile bone.
Assessment of an extremity six hours after surgical alignment and casting demonstrates pulselessness and pallor. The priority action to take is to
b. initiate action to have the cast split or removed.
Bone healing may be impaired by
b. nicotine use.
Compartment syndrome occurs secondary to
b. soft-tissue damage.
The most common source of osteomyelitis is
a. an infection that migrates via the bloodstream.
A patient diagnosed with diabetes, smokes a pack of cigarettes daily and eats very few green leafy vegetables. After experiencing a fractured toe, this patient is at risk for
a. delayed healing.
The disorders characterized by softening and then enlargement of bones is referred to as
c. Paget disease.
Following a bone fracture, the most likely event to occur is
a. development of a blood clot beneath the periosteum.
The most common type of osteomyelitis is
a. hematogenous.
The most common site affected in Paget's disease is the
a. lower spine.
Healing of a fractured bone with a poor alignment is called
a. malunion.
Pain with passive stretching of a muscle is indicative of
a. noncontractile tissue injury.
The disease that is similar to osteomalacia and occurs in growing children is
a. rickets.
The displacement of two bones in which the articular surfaces partially lose contact with each other is called
a. subluxation.
A risk factor for osteoporosis is
b. early menopause.
Complete healing of a bone fracture occurs when
b. the callus has been completely replaced with mature bone.
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease in which
c. acetylcholine receptors are destroyed or dysfunctional.
The complication which is not likely to result from a compound, transverse fracture of the tibia and fibula is
c. air embolus.
The most common symptom of multiple myeloma is
c. bone pain.
A bone disorder that results from insufficient vitamin D is referred to as
c. osteomalacia.
A malignant bone-forming tumor is referred to as a(n)
c. osteosarcoma
People who have osteoporosis are at risk for
d. bone fractures.
A compound, transverse fracture is best described as a bone that is
d. broken and protruding through the skin.
Inflammation of the sacs that overlie bony prominences is called
d. bursitis.
Pain in fibromyalgia involves
d. changes in pain transmission in the spinal cord.
The pathophysiology of osteomalacia involves
d. inadequate mineralization in the osteoid.