Bone Fractures Flashcards by Devin Johnson | Brainscape

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Avulsion

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Severing of a bone

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Depression

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Sunken bone

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Compound

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Protrudes through the skin

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Pott Fracture

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Occurs at the ankle, breaks both bones

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Comminuted

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Features into multiple pieces

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Transverse

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Break across the long axis of a bone

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Spiral

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Twisting stress that leads to breaking the tibia

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Colles

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Break in distal portion of the radius; reaching out during a fall

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Displaced

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New bone arrangement

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Compression

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Fracture in the vertebrae caused by stress

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Greenstick

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One side is broken, the other is bent

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Epiphyseal

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Break in the femur caused by dying chondrocytes

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