BIOL 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Bone Marrow, Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry, Vertebral Compression Fracture
22 Jul 2020
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Break in the bone but no open wound in the skin. Break in the bone, as well as an open wound in the skin. Break extends through the entire thickness of bone. One side of bone is broken and one side of bone is bent considerably but not broken. Caused by bone surfaces being forced against each other. Forces broken end of smaller bone into broken end of larger bone. Break occurs at lower end of the radius. Within 1 inch of connecting with wrist bones. Minor fracture in which the bone continues to be in perfect alignment. Bone is weakened by a preexisting disease. Break is in response to a force that would not cause a normal bone to break. Diagnostic techniques, treatments, and procedures in the skeletal system. Intravenous injection of a radioisotope, which is absorbed by bone tissue. Followed by scanning of the skeleton approximately 3 hours later to detect areas where the bone absorbs the isotope.
