Bones

Fracture where other tissues not involved; skin intact.

• Simple

• Compound

• Comminuted

• Greenstick

Secrete enzymes that break down bone tissue; develop from monocytes.

• Osteoclasts

• Osteoblasts

• Chondrocytes

• Fibroblasts

Fracture where one broken end driven into the other.

• Impacted

• Comminuted

• Greenstick

• Transverse

Undifferentiated bone cells.

• Osteogenic

• Chondrocytes

• Fibroblasts

• Adipocytes

Fracture that causes microscopic fissures in bone.

• Stress

• Compression

• Greenstick

• Transverse

Produce the matrix.

• Osteoblasts

• Chondrocytes

• Fibroblasts

• Adipocytes

Fracture where bone is splintered or crushed.

• Comminuted

• Simple

• Greenstick

• Transverse

Fracture where one side bends; the other side is broken.

• Greenstick

• Spiral

• Comminuted

• Transverse

Mature bone cells.

• Osteocytes

• Chondrocytes

• Fibroblasts

• Myocytes

Fracture where the broken ends protrude through the skin.

• Compound

• Simple

• Greenstick

• Comminuted