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bone fractur
classificaion of bond fractues
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| closed | a bone is broken but the skin is not borken |
| open | a fragment of the fractured bone breaks the skin. or a wound extends to the site of fracture |
| displaced | fractured bone parts or out of alignment |
| complete | a bone is broken into at least 2 fragements |
| incomplete | the fractue does not extend completly accross the bone |
| comminuted | the bone break into several pieces |
| transverse | the fracture is at a right angle to the long access of the bone |
| impacted | one bond fragement is driven into the other, rsulting in shortening of the limb. |
| spiral | fracture spiral around the long axis of the bone |
| oblique | diagnal fracture rins accross the the long axis of the bone. |