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| skin is broken; bone protrudes through skin or wound extends to fracture. |
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| bone is broken into two or more pieces. |
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| partial fracture that extends only partway across bone, pieces remain joined. |
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| bone is bent on one side and has incomplete fracture on opposite side. |
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| fine crack in which sections of bone remain aligned; common in skull. |
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| bone is broken into three or more pieces. |
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| the portions of a fractured bone are out of anatomical alignment. |
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| the portions of a bone are still in correct anatomical alignment. |
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| one bone fragment is driven into the medullary space or spongy bone |
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| broken portions of bone forms a concavity, as in skull fractures. |
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| fracture parallel to long axis of bone |
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| diagonal fracture, between linear and transverse |
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| fracture spirals around axis of long bone caused by twisting stress. |
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| epiphyseal is separated from the diaphysis along the epiphyseal plate |
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| body part (finger) is completely severed |
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| fracture of the distal end of the radius and ulna (common with osteoporosis) |
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| fracture at the distal end of the tibia, fibula or both (sports) |
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