Types of Fracture

Question 1

simple fracture and does not cause a break in the skin

Answer 1

closed fracture

Question 2

there is damage to the integrity of the skin and mucous membranes; skin and mucous membranes wound extend to fractured bone

Answer 2

open fracture

Question 3

bone that has splintered into several fragments

Answer 3

comminuted fracture

Question 4

break through only a part of the cross section of the bone

Answer 4

incomplete fracture

Question 5

fragment of a bone has been pulled away by a tendon and its attachment

Answer 5

avulsion

Question 6

bone has been compressed; common in nurses

Answer 6

compression fracture

Question 7

fragments driven inward

Answer 7

depressed fracture

Question 8

fracture through epiphyses

Answer 8

epiphyseal fracture

Question 9

one side of the bone is broken, other side is bent

Answer 9

greenstick fracture

Question 10

closed fracture; pressure is applied to both ends of the bone = splits into 2 that jam into each other

Answer 10

impacted fracture

Question 11

diagonal fracture

Answer 11

oblique fracture

Question 12

area of diseased bone

Answer 12

pathologic fracture

Question 13

twists around a shaft of the bone

Answer 13

spiral

Question 14

repeated loading of bone and muscle

Answer 14

stress fracture

Question 15

straight across a bone shaft

Answer 15

transverse fracture