Fractures

Question 1

Simple Fracture

Answer 1

hairline, does not move any part of the bone out of place

Question 2

Complex Fracture

Answer 2

a separation of part of the bone and usually requires surgery

Question 3

Green stick (Incomplete) fracture

Answer 3

an incomplete break of a bone. Usually occurs in a child’s soft bone and does not go entirely through the bone.

Question 4

Compound (open) fracture

Answer 4

A break with an open wound

Question 5

Colles fracture

Answer 5

a break of the lower end of the radius. usually caused by falling and landing on an outstretched hand

Question 6

Complicated fracture

Answer 6

involves extensive soft tissue injury

Question 7

Impacted fracture

Answer 7

when a fragment from one type of a fracture is driven into the tissue of another part. (when in the skull it is called a depression fracture)

Question 8

Comminuted fracture

Answer 8

a break in which the bone is fragmented or shattered

Question 9

Compression fracture

Answer 9

a break in one or more vertebrae caused by a compression or squeezing of the space between the vertebrae

Question 10

Spiral Fracture

Answer 10

when a bone is twisted apart. This is common in skiing accidents