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What is the name of grating sounds when broken bones move together?
Crepitation also known as crepitus is the sound heard when the ends of a broken bone move together.
Nonsurgical realignment of broken bone ends and splinting of bone?
closed reduction
Is it bad to massage a broken finger?
If you truly have a fracture, the bone is broken. Rubbing it can cause the ends of the broken bone to damage tissue near it. That is why fractures are kept from moving by a cast or splint.
How do you treat a fracture?
aligning broken ends of bone, surgery, plaster cast, splint
What is the gap between broken ends of a fractured bone filled with?
Fibrous and fatty tissue
What is an undisplaced fracture?
it is a fracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another
What is the alignment and immobilization of the ends of a broken bone that requires incision of the skin?
A compound fracture is called this. If the bone sticks out of the skin it is called a compound open fracture.
What is the medical term meaning putting the broken ends of a fracture into alignment without the need of exposing the fractured bone by surgery?
It's called re-setting the bone.
What is the mass of fibrocartilage that fills the gap between two ends of a broken bone in the early stages of healing?
cartilaginous callus
How can a broken bone affect the human body?
With regards to movement and support to the body, a broken bone will reduce the ability of the bone to support the weight of the body. A bone acts as a frame for the muscle to pull against and thus enable movement. The muscle is unable to pull against a broken bone and therefore movement is reduced or not possible at all.
If you tried to walk on a broken ankle bone would the ankle bone shatter?
If somebody continues to try to walk, having broken an ankle, the result will be further injury to the muscles, bone ends, blood vessels, cartilage, and skin surrounding the fractured bone. Not a pretty thought. That's one reason why we IMMOBILIZE the injured area in fractures.
What made up the ends of the bone?
Long bones have spongy bone at the ends, more properly known as cancellous or trabecular bone.
