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| 4998574657 | angulated fracture | fracture in which the broken bone segments are at an angle to each other. | 0 | |
| 4998574658 | bones | hard but flexible living structures that provide support for the body and protection to vital organs. | 1 | |
| 4998574659 | cartilage | tough tissue that covers the joint ends of bones and helps to form certain body parts such as the ear. | 2 | |
| 4998574660 | closed extremity injury | an injury to an extremity with no associated opening in the skin. | 3 | |
| 4998574661 | comminuted fracture | a fracture in which the bone is broken in several places. | 4 | |
| 4998574662 | compartment syndrome | injury caused when tissues such as blood vessels and nerves are constricted within a space as from swelling or from a tight dressing or cast. | 5 | |
| 4998574663 | crepitus | a grating sensation or sound made when fractured bone ends rub together. | 6 | |
| 4998574664 | dislocation | the disruption or "coming apart" of a joint. | 7 | |
| 4998574665 | extremities | the portions of the skeleton that include the clavicles, scapulae, arms, wrists, and hands (upper extremities) and the pelvis, thighs, legs, ankles, and feet (lower extremities). | 8 | |
| 4998574666 | fracture | any break in a bone. | 9 | |
| 4998574667 | greenstick fracture | an incomplete fracture. | 10 | |
| 4998574668 | joints | places where bones articulate, or meet. | 11 | |
| 4998574669 | ligament | tissue that connects bone to bone. | 12 | |
| 4998574670 | manual traction | the process of applying tension to straighten and realign a fractured limb before splinting. Also called tension. | 13 | |
| 4998574671 | muscle | tissue that can contract to allow movement of a body part. | 14 | |
| 4998574672 | open extremity injury | an extremity injury in which the skin has been broken or torn through from the inside by an injured bone or from the outside by something that has caused a penetrating wound with associated injury to the bone. | 15 | |
| 4998574673 | sprain | the stretching and tearing of ligaments. | 16 | |
| 4998574674 | strain | muscle injury resulting from overstretching or overexertion of the muscle. | 17 | |
| 4998574675 | tendon | tissue that connects muscle to bone. | 18 | |
| 4998574676 | traction splint | a splint that applies constant pull along the length of a lower extremity to help stabilize the fractured bone and to reduce muscle spasm in the limb. Traction splints are used primarily on femoral shaft fractures. | 19 |
