Bone Fractures

a fracture in which the bone breaks diagonally.

• Oblique Fracture

• Transverse Fracture

• Diagonal Fracture

• Spiral Fracture

Bone breaks into many fragments.

• Shattered Fracture

• Greenstick Fracture

• Comminuted Fracture

• Compound Fracture

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

• Compound Fracture

• Closed Fracture

• Simple Fracture

• Comminuted Fracture

What kind of fracture is shown in the picture?

• Open or compound
• Closed or simple

Broken bone in which the bone is twisted apart.

• Spiral Fracture

• Compound Fracture

• Oblique Fracture

• Stress Fracture

• Comminuted

• Compound

• Transverse

• Oblique

An incomplete break that looks like a crack

• hairline

• greenstick

• oblique

• transverse

This bone fracture looks like the bone is splintered. It is common in children.

• hairline

• greenstick

• spiral

• stress

This type of fracture is broken across horizontally.

• greenstick

• oblique

• transverse

• spiral

Bones are classified by fracture and

• whether it's open or closed

• whether it's open or compound

• whether it's simple or closed

• whether it's comminuted or splintered