Fractures: Terminology

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Across
  1. 1. incomplete or partial dislocation of a joint
  2. 3. thoroughly cleaning the wound and removing all hyperkeratotic (thickened skin or callus), infected, and nonviable (necrotic or dead) tissue, foreign debris, and residual material from dressings
  3. 5. the type of fracture when the bone breaks but there is no puncture or open wound in the skin
  4. 9. also referred to as an open fracture
  5. 10. a surgical procedure to restore the function of a joint
  6. 11. fixation that involves plates, screws, rods
  7. 12. traction which involves a directional pull on the trunk or on an extremity
Down
  1. 2. procedure in which a surgeon removes, or sometimes adds, a wedge of bone near a damaged joint
  2. 4. holding a joint or bone in place with a splint, cast, or brace
  3. 6. type of fixation used to hold the bones together temporarily when the skin and muscles have been injured
  4. 7. partial or complete break in the bone
  5. 8. traction which uses pulleys, pins, and weights