Types of bone fractures
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| The bone ends retain their normal position | non-displaced fracture
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| The bone ends are out of normal alignment | displaced fracture
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| When the bone is broken completely | complete fracture
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| When the bone is not completely broken | Incomplete fracture
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| Break parallels with the long axis | Linear fracture
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| The break is perpendicular to the bone's long axis | Transverse fracture
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| When the bone ends penetrate the skin | Open (compound) fracture
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| When the bone ends does not penetrate the skin | Closed (simple) fracture
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| When the bone is crushed | Compression Fracture
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| Ragged break occurs when excessive twisting forces are applied to a bone (a common sports fracture) | Spiral fracture
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| Tends to occur where cartilage cells are dying and calcification of matrix is occurring | Epiphyseal fracture
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| Broken bone portion is pressed inward | Depressed fracture
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| 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
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