Skeletal System

Fracture where the shaft breaks along the long axis

• Compression

• Transverse

• Colles'

• Spiral

• Pott's

Fracture produced by twisting stresses

• Compression

• Transverse

• Colles'

• Spiral

• Pott's

Fracture that occurs in vertebrae subjected to extreme stress

• Compression

• Transverse

• Colles'

• Spiral

• Pott's

Fracture that occurs at the ankle and affects both bones of the leg

• Compression

• Transverse

• Colles'

• Spiral

• Pott's

A break in the distal portion of the radius

• Compression

• Transverse

• Colles'

• Spiral

• Pott's

The humerus is a ______________ bone.

• Flat

• Irregular

• Short

• Long

The shoulder blade is a _________________ bone.

• Flat

• Irregular

• Short

• Long

The ankle is a ___________________ bone.

• Flat

• Irregular

• Short

• Long

Vertebrae are _________________ bones.

• Flat

• Irregular

• Short

• Long

The femur is a ________________ bone.

• Flat

• Irregular

• Short

• Long