Common Bone Fractures

Question 1

closed fracture

Answer 1

does not involve a break in the skin

Question 2

compound fracture

Answer 2

projects through the skin with a possibility of infection

Question 3

transverse fracture

Answer 3

breaks shaft of a bone across the longitudinal axis

Question 4

greenstick fracture

Answer 4

only one side of the shaft is broken and the other is bent

Question 5

what type of fracture is common in children

Answer 5

greenstick fracture

Question 6

spiral fracture

Answer 6

spread along the length of the bone and produced by twisting stress

Question 7

colles’ fracture

Answer 7

occurs in wrist and affects the distal radius bone

Question 8

compression fracture

Answer 8

vertebrae collapse due to trauma, tumor, or osteoporosis

Question 9

epiphyseal fracture

Answer 9

occurs when matrix is calcifying and chondrocytes are dying

Question 10

what type of fractures are usually only seen in children

Answer 10

epiphyseal fracture