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Bone Fractures
Bio Week 15
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
08/13/2017

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Term
Avulsion fracture
Definition
  • Bone fragments pulled away from the underlying bone surface or torn totally away from the body part
  • Osgood-Schlatter disease
Term
Comminuted fracture
Definition
Crushed, small, crumbled-type bone fragments near the fracture
Term
Complete fracture
Definition
Break extends across the entire section of the bone
Term
Dentate fracture
Definition
Jagged fracture components fit together like teeth on a gear
Term
Greenstick fracture
Definition
Bone bent but broken only on one side (common in children)
Term
Hairline fracture
Definition
Common in the skull-fracture components are small and aligned; if the fracture is pushed downward, called a depressed fracture.
Term
Impacted fracture
Definition
One end of the fracture driven into the diaphysis of the other fragment
Term
Incomplete fracture
Definition
Some fracture components still partially joined
Term
Linear fracture
Definition
Fracture line parallel to the bone's long axis
Term
Nondisplaced, closed, or simple fracture
Definition
Fracture that does not produce an open wound in the skin
Term
Oblique fracture
Definition
Fracture line slanted or diagonal to the longitudinal axis
Term
Pathological (spontaneous) fractures
Definition
Bone fracture caused by weakening of of the bone by a disease, thus making normal movements too stressful for the bone to bear.
Term
Pott fracture
Definition
Fracture of the lower part of the tibia
Term
Spiral fracture
Definition
Fracture line spiraling around the long axis.
Term
Stress fracture
Definition
Bone fracture caused by mechanical stress (pressure)
Term
Transverse fracture
Definition
Fracture line at a right angle to the long axis of the bone.
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