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fractures & breaks11
BIO 180
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| open | or compound, breaks through skin |
| closed | or simple, doesn't break through skin |
| complete | bone is completely sperated |
| partial | bone does not fully separate from itself |
| transverse | breaking the bone in shaft along its long axis |
| displaced | produce new and abnormal bone arrangements, different then normal alignment |
| nondisplaced | retain the normal alignment of the bone |
| spiral | ragged break occurs when there is excessive twisting forces in bone |