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skull voc
skull voc final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a fx in which the bone does not break through | simple fracture(closed fx) |
| a fx in which the bone protrudes through the skin | compound fracture(open fx) |
| this fx does not traverse through entire bone.It is most common in children | incomplete fracture(partial fx) |
| what are the two major types of incomplete fx's | torus and greenstick |
| this buckle of the cortex is characterized by localized expansion or torus of the of the cortex.no complete break in the cortex | torus fx |
| fracture is on one side only | greenstick fx(hickory or willow stick) |