Fractures Flashcards
Closed fracture
Simple fracture, complete fracture, bone is broken but no open wound
Open fracture
Compound fracture, bone is broken and there is an open wound in the skin
Comminuted fracture
Bone is splintered or crushed
Greenstick fracture
Incomplete fracture, bone is bent and only partially broken, mostly in kids
Oblique fractyre
Occirs at an angle across the bone
Pathologic fracture
Weakened bone breaks under normal strain, due to osteoporosis or cancer
Spiral fracture
Bone has been twisted apart
Stress fracture
Overuse injury, small crack in the bone that often develops from chronic, excessive impact
Transverse fracture
Straight across the bone
Fat embolus
Long bone is fractured and faat cells from yellow bone marrow are released into the blood
Crepitation
Crepitus, grating sound heard when the ends of a broken bone move together
Callus
Bulging deposit around the area of the break, eventually becomes bone
