Normal depends on
Spongy bone aka…
Osteon
Osteoblasts
Osteoclasts
Osteocytes
Formation
Intramembranous ossification
Formation
endochondral ossification
Growth plate function requires
Diseases and effect on bone growth
Greenstick fracture
Comminution
multiple fragments
displacement
how has distal part moved compared to proximal
OLD ACID
O: open vs closed
L: location
D: degree (complete vs incomplete)
A: articular extension
C: comminution / pattern
I: intrinsic bone quality (pathologic fracture)
D: Displacement, Angulation, Rotation
Fractures: Healing
Salter Fracture
Saltr types
Other diseases
Dysplasias
Osteopenia
Less trabeculae
before osteoperosis
Metabolic bone diseases
Scurvey
Metabolic bone diseases
Fibrous osteodystrophy
*big head/bran head in horses
*rubber jaw in dogs
*fibrous connective tissue deposition to stabilize bones that lack Ca
Metabolic bone diseases
Rickets
*rikettic rosary: widening of costo-condral junction along ribs forming beads
Hypertrophic osteopathy
*big, thick bones on palpation