Fractures Flashcards
no open wound; skin soft tissue in tact
simple fracture
bone come through the skin

compound/open fracture
convex side

Greenstick fracture
concave side

Torus Fracture

transverse fracture

spiral/ oblique fracture

Comminuted fracture

compresssion fracture
ends fx site straight & close
good apposition
ends close, straight, but laterally displaced
partial apposition
ends present overlapping juxtaposition
Bayonet apposition
ends straight, no displacement, close but distal segment is rotated
Rotary disposition
ends straight, no displacement, but not close
Distraction apposition
ends close but at an angle
angualtion displacement
4th or 5th MCP

Bar room facture
2nd or 3rd MCP
fracture
Boxer’s fracture

clay shoveler’s fracture

colles fracture

smiths/ reverse colles fracture

hangmans fracture

Jeffersons fracture

chance francture
from seatbelt