Chapter 6 - fracture types

Question 1

closed or simple

Answer 1

completely internal, no skin breakage

Question 2

open or compound

Answer 2

fracture projects through the skin

Question 3

transverse

Answer 3

breaks shaft of bone across longitudinal axis

Question 4

comminuted

Answer 4

shatters bone into multiple fragments

Question 5

greenstick

Answer 5

only one side of bone is broken, other is bent (occurs mainly in children)

Question 6

spiral

Answer 6

produces by twisting stresses that are spread along length of bone

Question 7

colles’

Answer 7

break in distal portion of radius

Question 8

pott’s

Answer 8

occurs at the ankle affecting both bones of lower leg

Question 9

compression

Answer 9

occurs in vertebrae subject to extreme stresses

Question 10

epiphyseal

Answer 10

usually occurs in the growth plate (this fracture type is seen in children)

Question 11

stress

Answer 11

usually occurs during the course of normal activity