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Bone Fractures
Types of bone fractures
| The bone ends retain their normal position | non-displaced fracture |
| The bone ends are out of normal alignment | displaced fracture |
| When the bone is broken completely | complete fracture |
| When the bone is not completely broken | Incomplete fracture |
| Break parallels with the long axis | Linear fracture |
| The break is perpendicular to the bone's long axis | Transverse fracture |
| When the bone ends penetrate the skin | Open (compound) fracture |
| When the bone ends does not penetrate the skin | Closed (simple) fracture |
| When the bone is crushed | Compression Fracture |
| Ragged break occurs when excessive twisting forces are applied to a bone (a common sports fracture) | Spiral fracture |
| Tends to occur where cartilage cells are dying and calcification of matrix is occurring | Epiphyseal fracture |
| Broken bone portion is pressed inward | Depressed fracture |
| Bone breaks incompletely, much in a way a green twig breaks. Only one side of the shaft breaks; the other side bends | Green-stick fracture |