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| bone is displaced from a joint (shoulder,finger,joint) |
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partial dislocation ex. nursemaid's elbow (partial dislocation of the radius from being "jerk") |
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| forced wrenching or twisting of a joint, resulting in a partial rupture or tearing of supporting ligaments without dislocation |
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| bone does not break through the skin |
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| bone protrudes through skin |
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does not traverse through the entire bone. ex. ex. |
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incomplete (partial) ex. torus ex. greenstick |
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| no complete break in the cortex |
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greenstick (hickory or willow stick) |
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break is complete;bone is broken into two pieces ex. ex. ex. |
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complete ex.transverse ex.oblique ex.spiral |
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| near a right angle to the long axis of the bone |
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spirals along the long axis |
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bone is splintered or crushed; two or more fragments ex. ex. ex. |
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comminuted ex.segmental ex.butterfly ex.splintered |
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| two fx lines isolating one segment of a bone |
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| two fragments on each side of a main, wedge shape separate fragment |
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| splintered into thin, sharp fragments |
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| one fragment is firmly driven into each other |
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| posterior lip of distal radius |
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| fx of distal phalynx from a ball striking the distal finger |
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| base of the first metacarpal |
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| distal radius is fx and displaced posteriorly |
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| fx of the proximal half of the ulna with dislocation of the radial head |
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| distal radius with anterior displacement |
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| fragment of bone is separated and pulled away by the attached tendon or ligament |
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| fx through the epiphyseal plate (Salter Harris fx classification) |
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fx from disease process within the bone |
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nontramatic in origin ex.marching fx |
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comminuted fx of the distal phalynx ex. ex. |
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tuft or burst ex hammer ex.car door |
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