Bone Fractures Review

Which fracture is shown?

• Oblique

• Greenstick

• Transverse

• Comminuted

Bone breaks into many fragments.

• Greenstick

• Transverse

• Comminuted

• Oblique

Which fracture is where the bone is visible through the skin?

• Compound

• Simple

• Greenstick

• Compression

• Compression Fracture

• Compound Fracture

• Greenstick Fracture

• Comminuted Fracture

The diagram shows a fracture that has pierced through the skin. What type of fracture is this?

• Simple

• Compound

• Impacted

• Greenstick

• Compression

• Spiral

• Greenstick

• Comminuted

Immobilization

• Treating a bone through realignment, sometimes requiring pins, rods, screws, and/or wires

• Weakening of bone tissue

• Placing the broken bone within a cast, splint, or boot

• Compound Fracture

• Greenstick Fracture

• Transverse fracture

• Compression fracture

• Comminuted

• Compound

• Transverse

• Oblique

• Transverse

• Spiral

• Oblique

• Greenstick