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Comminuted Fracture
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When three seperate pieces of bone break, the most painful
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Depression Fracture
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A fragment of bone is depressed below the normal surface. this break is common in skulls
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Compression Fracture
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A break caused by compression, the act of pressing down. common in spinal fractures
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Transverse Fracture
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The break is completely across the bone, at a right angle
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Oblique Fracture
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Bone is broken at an angle/ diagonal
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Spiral Fracture
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Bone is broke from a twisting force. (usually results in an angle break i think?)
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Greenstick Fracture
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A break in a young, soft bone in which the bone bends and partially breaks.
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Open Fracture
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Broken bone penetrates skin.
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Closed Fracture
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Broken bone does not break skin.
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