Fractures

Question 1

Comminuted

Answer 1

The bone is splintered crushed or broken into pieces at the site of impact, and smaller bone fragments lie between the two main fragments

Question 2

Greenstick

Answer 2

A partial fracture in which one side of the bone is broken and the other side bend; similar to the way a green twig breaks on one side while the other stays whole, but bends; occurs only in children, whose bones are not fully ossified and contain more organic material than inorganic

Question 3

Impacted

Answer 3

One end of the fractured bone is forcefully driven into the interior of the other

Question 4

Pott

Answer 4

Fra cute of the distal end of the lateral leg bone (fibula) with serious injury of the distal tibial articulation

Question 5

Colles

Answer 5

Fracture of distal end of the lateral forearm bone in which the distal fragment is displaced posteriorly

Question 6

Open (compound)

Answer 6

The broken ends of the bone protrude through the skin