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Fracture types Flashcards

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Oblique fracture

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Fracture lies obliquely to long axis of bone

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Comminuted fracture

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> 2 fragments

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Segmental fracture

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More than one fracture along a bone

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Transverse fracture

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Perpendicular to long axis of bone

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Spiral fracture

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Severe oblique fracture with rotation along long axis of bone

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