Fractures

Question 1

apophyseal fracture

Answer 1

small fragment is torn from the bone

Question 2

articular fracture

Answer 2

fracture at the joint surface

Question 3

Avulsion fracture

Answer 3

indirect fracture caused by tearing or pulling of ligament

Question 4

blow-out fracture

Answer 4

of orbital floor by traumatic force

Question 5

boxer fracture

Answer 5

metacarpal neck, caused by striking something hard with a closed fist

Question 6

bucket handle fracture (or tear)

Answer 6

tear in cartilage that leaves a loop of cartilage in the intercondylar notch

Question 7

burst fracture/Axial compression fracture

Answer 7

fracture of vertebra, often injuring spinal cord

Question 8

butterfly fracture

Answer 8

comminuted fracture resulting in two fragments of bone on either side of the main fragment

Question 9

buttonhole fracture/perforating fracture

Answer 9

bone is perforated by a missile

Question 10

chisel fracture

Answer 10

detachment of a piece from the head of the radius

Question 11

cleavage fracture

Answer 11

shelling off of cartilage by a small bone fragment

Question 12

closed fracture

Answer 12

does not penetrate or produce open wound in the skin

Question 13

Colles’ fracture

Answer 13

lower end of radius and the fragment is displaces

Question 14

comminuted fracture

Answer 14

when the bone is splintered or crushed

Question 15

complete fracture

Answer 15

bone is broken all the way accross

Question 16

complicated fracture

Answer 16

damage to soft tissue or other organs around bone

Question 17

compound fracture

Answer 17

basically an open fracture

Question 18

compression fracture

Answer 18

fracture as a result of compression

Question 19

condylar fracture

Answer 19

fracture of humerus where a small fragment of the condyle is separated from the bone

Question 20

dislocation fracture

Answer 20

occurs near a joint and results in displacement of the joint

Question 21

greenstick fracture

Answer 21

one side is broken and the other is bent

Question 22

hangman’s fracture

Answer 22

fracture through the axis (C2)

Question 23

impacted fracture

Answer 23

one fragment of a fracture is driven in to another

Question 24

indirect fracture

Answer 24

occurs at a point distant from the injury

Question 25

insufficiency fracture

Answer 25

when there is a normal amount of stress, but the bone has decreased density

Question 26

intra-articular fracture

Answer 26

on the articular surface of a bone

Question 27

intracapsular fracture

Answer 27

occurring within the capsule of a joint

Question 28

intrauterine fracture

Answer 28

fracture of a fetal bone in utero

Question 29

Le Fort fracture

Answer 29

fracture of the maxilla (different kinds and they are numbered with roman numerals)

Question 30

Linear fracture

Answer 30

extending along the length of a bone

Question 31

Longitudinal fracture

Answer 31

extending in a longitudinal direction

Question 32

oblique fracture

Answer 32

extending in oblique direction

Question 33

open fracture

Answer 33

results in external wound (generally referred to as compound fracture)

Question 34

simple fracture

Answer 34

basically a closed fracture/opposite of compound

Question 35

spiral fracture/torsion fracture

Answer 35

where a bone is twisted apart

Question 36

spontaneous fracture

Answer 36

result of longstanding disease and is not traumatic

Question 37

stress fracture

Answer 37

repeated stress to a bone

Question 38

subcapital fracture

Answer 38

fracture just below head of bone

Question 39

torus fracture

Answer 39

localized expansion of the cortex, but little of no displacement of the lower end of bone

Question 40

transverse fracture

Answer 40

at a right angle to the axis of the bone

Question 41

tuft fracture

Answer 41

splintered fracture of the distal phalanx