Types Of Fractures

Question 1

Closed

Answer 1

A simple fracture with no open wound

Question 2

Colles / KOL-eze

Answer 2

Fracture of the distal end of the radius with backward displacement of the hand

Question 3

Comminuted / COM-ih-nu-ted

Answer 3

Fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed

Question 4

Compression

Answer 4

Fracture caused by force from both ends, as to vertebra

Question 5

Greenstick

Answer 5

One side of the bone is broken and the other side is bent

Question 6

Impacted

Answer 6

One fragment is driven into the other

Question 7

Oblique

Answer 7

Break occurs at an angle across to the bone;
Usually one fragment slips by the other

Question 8

Open

Answer 8

Fracture is associated with an open wound, or broken bone protrudes through the skin

Question 9

Pott

Answer 9

Fracture of the distal end of the fibuka with injury to the tibial joint

Question 10

Spiral

Answer 10

Fracture is in a spiral S shape; usually caused by twisting injuries

Question 11

Transverse

Answer 11

A break at right angles to the long axis of a bone