Orthopaedic Technologist Certified Test Orthopaedic Technologist Certified Fracture Classification and Management 2

Question 1

A fracture occurring through bone that has been weakened by a pre-existing condition such as cancer or osteoporosis is classified as which type?

Accepted Answer

Pathologic fracture

Answer

A pathologic fracture occurs through diseased or structurally weakened bone and can result from minimal or no trauma.

Question 2

Which fracture type involves a fragment of bone being pulled away at a tendon or ligament attachment site?

Accepted Answer

Avulsion

Answer

An avulsion fracture occurs when a forceful muscle contraction or ligament stress pulls a bone fragment away from its attachment point.

Question 3

The Neer classification system is used to categorize fractures of which bone?

Accepted Answer

Proximal humerus

Answer

The Neer classification categorizes proximal humerus fractures into two-, three-, or four-part patterns based on displacement of the major bony segments.

Question 4

Which fracture results from repetitive microtrauma and is commonly seen in distance runners and military recruits?

Accepted Answer

Stress

Answer

Stress fractures result from cumulative repetitive loading that exceeds the bone's ability to remodel, commonly occurring in the metatarsals, tibia, and femoral neck.

Question 5

In a Salter-Harris Type II physeal fracture, the fracture line passes through which structures?

Accepted Answer

The physis and metaphysis

Answer

Salter-Harris Type II is the most common physeal fracture, with the fracture line extending through the growth plate (physis) and into the metaphysis.

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Orthopaedic Technologist Certified Test Orthopaedic Technologist Certified Fracture Classification and Management 2