Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Fracture in the arm
- Anatomy of the
arm
- Arm
skeleton
- Head
- Shaft
- Medial and lateral
epicondyle
- Neck
- Elbow region
- Olecranon
fossa
- Trochlea
- Capitulum
- Conoid & Radial
fossa
- Compartments
- Anterior
- Biceps
- Coracobrachialis
- Brachialis
- Posterior
- Triceps
- Nerves of the
arm
- Median N.
- Ulnar N.
- Musculocutaneous
- Radial N.
- Brachial
Plexus
- Deformities to nerves
- Axillary: Flat shoulder
Radial: Wrist/Finger drop
Unlar: Klumpkes paralysis
Median: Carpal Tunnel
Syndrome - MC: Paralysis
of all muscles of anterioir
compartment
- Divided into:
- Roots
- Trunks
- Divisions
- Cords
- Branches
- Axillary
N.
- Bone
- Types
- Osteoblasts
- For bone growth
- Osteoprogenitor cells
- To make
osteocytes
- Osteoclasts
- For bone resorption
- Bone
matrix
- Organic: Osteod
- Inorganic: calcified
- Fractures
- Happens when the
bone is twisted,
compressed or struck
by great force
- Open
- Closed
- Types
- Linear
- Transverse
- Oblique
- Comminuted
- Spiral
- Treatment
- Operative
- Reduction
followed by
casting or splinting
- It is to restore a
fracture or a
dislocation tto
correct
alignment
- Non-operative
- Physiotherapy
- Physical Examination
- Look
- Move
- Active
- Passive
- Feel
- Examination
- Radiological
Imaging
- CT scan
- Ultrasound
- MRI
- X-RAY
- First Aid
- Immobilize
area
- Stop bleeding if
any
- Ice packs
- Classical
Conditioning
- Exposure
therapy
- exposure of
patient to feared
object with no
danger