fractures

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apophyseal fracture

Answer 1

fracture where a small fragment is torn from the bone

Question 2

articular fracture

Answer 2

fracture of the joint surface

Question 3

avulsion fracture

Answer 3

indirect fracture caused by tearing or pulling of a ligament

Question 4

blow-out fracture

Answer 4

fracture of orbital floor caused by traumatic force

Question 5

boxer fracture

Answer 5

fracture of metacarpal neck, caused by striking something hard with a closed fist.

Question 6

bucket-handle fracture

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aka bucket-handle tear, tear in cartilage, leaving a loop of cartilage lying in the intercondylar notch

Question 7

burst fracture

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aka axial compression fracture, fracture of a vertebra, often injuring the spinal cord

Question 8

butterfly fracture

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a comminuted (broken bone into more than 2 fragments) fracture resulting in 2 fragments of bone on either side of a main ligament

Question 9

chisel fracture

Answer 9

detachment of a piece from the head of the radius

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cleavage fracture

Answer 10

shelling off of cartilage by a small fragment of bone

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closed fracture

Answer 11

fracture that does not penetrate or produce an open wound in skin.

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Colles’ fracture

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fracture of lower end of radius, where fragment is displaced

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comminuted fracture

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when bone is splintered or crushed

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complete fracture

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where bone is entirely broken all the way across

Question 15

complicated fracture

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where there is injury to adjacent parts of the bone due to a fracture

Question 16

buttonhole fracture

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aka perforating fracture, results when a bone is perforated by a missile

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compound fracture

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an open fracture

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compression fracture

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fracture as a result of compression

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condylar fracture

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fracture of humerus where a small fragment that includes the condyle is separated from the bone

Question 20

dislocation fracture

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fracture near a joint and results in displacement of the joint

Question 21

greenstick fracture

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aka hickory stick fracture, a fracture where one side of bone is broken and the other side is bent

Question 22

hangman’s fracture

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fracture thru axis (C2)

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impacted fracture

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when one fragment of a fracture is driven into another

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indirect fracture

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a fracture that occurs at a point distant from the injury

Question 25

insufficiency fracture

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stress fracture that occurs when there is a normal amt of stress but the bone is of decreased density

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intra-articular fracture

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fracture on the articular surface of a bone

Question 27

intracapsular fracture

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fracture within the capsule of a joint

Question 28

intrauterine fracture

Answer 28

fracture of a fetal bone while in utero

Question 29

Le Fort fracture

Answer 29

fracture of the maxilla

Question 30

linear fracture

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fracture extending along the length of a bone

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longitudinal fracture

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a break extending in a longitudinal direction

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oblique fracture

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fracture extending in an oblique direction

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open fracture

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fracture that results in an open wound

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simple fracture

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opposite of a compound fracture, basically a closed fracture

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spiral fracture

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aka torsion fracture, where a bone is literally twisted apart

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spontaneous fracture

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occurs as a result of longstanding disease, not traumatic

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stress fracture

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caused as a result of repeated stress to a bone

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subcapital fracture

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fracture of a bone just below its head

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torus fracture

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fracture with localized expansion of the cortex, but little or no displacement of the lower end of the bone

Question 40

transverse fracture

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fracture that occurs at a right angle to the axis of a bone

Question 41

tuft fracture

Answer 41

splintered fracture of the distal phalanx