Bone Fractures and Bone Healing

This type of fracture has little or no movement or displacement of broken bones.

• Closed Fracture

• Open Fracture

Bone breaking through the surrounding tissues, including the skin, secondary to significant displacement of the bones.

• Closed Fracture

• Open Fracture

S-shaped separation of the bone. Occurs when the foot is firmly planted and body is suddenly rotated.

• Greenstick Fracture

• Oblique Fracture

• Spiral Fracture

• Transverse Fracture

Occurs when one end of the bone receives sudden torsion and the other end is fixed or stabilized.

• Greenstick Fracture

• Oblique Fracture

• Spiral Fracture

• Transverse Fracture

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Incomplete break in a bone that have not completely ossified.

• Greenstick Fracture

• Oblique Fracture

• Spiral Fracture

• Transverse Fracture

Occurs in a straight line at right angle to the shaft of the bone. Usually caused by a direct blow.

• Greenstick Fracture

• Oblique Fracture

• Spiral Fracture

• Transverse Fracture

Bone splits along its length. Result of jumping from a height and landing applying a force along the long axis of the bone.

• Avulsion Fractue

• Comminuted Fracture

• Impacted Fracture

• Longitudinal Fracture

Consists of three or more fragments at the fracture site. Difficult for healing because of the displacement of the fragments. Often requires surgical intervention because of involvement of soft tissue.

• Avulsion Fractue

• Comminuted Fracture

• Impacted Fracture

• Longitudinal Fracture

Bone breaks incompletely, occurs most commonly during the infantile stages of life.

• Greenstick Fracture

• Stable Fracture

• Bluestick Fracture

• Comminuted Fracture

A female patient is brought to the emergency room with an injury to her lower leg from an ATV accident. You notice a white tip of a bone protruding through the skin as you cut her pant leg off. Her injury is described as what kind of fracture.

• Comminuted

• Pathologic

• Compound

• Stress