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Complete severing of a body part (typically a toe or finger)
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Avulsion Fracture
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Fractures of the distal end of the lateral forearm bone (radius), produces a dinner fork deformity.
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Colles Fracture
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Bone is splintered into several small pieces between the main parts.
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Comminuted Fracture (Multiple breaks)
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Bone is broken into two or more pieces
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Complete Fracture
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Broken ends of the bones protrude through the skin
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Compound (open) Fracture
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Bone is squashed (may occur in vertebra during a fall)
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Compression Fracture
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Broken part of the bone forms a concavity (as in skull fracture)
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Depressed Fracture
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Fractured bone parts are out of anatomic alignment
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Displaced Fracture
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Epiphysis is separated from the diaphysis at the epiphyseal plate
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Epiphyseal Fracture
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Partial fracture; one side of the bone breaks - the other side is bent
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Greenstick Fracture
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Fine crack in which sections of bone remain aligned (common in skull)
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Hairline Fracture
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One fragment of bone is firmly driven into the other
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Impacted Fracture
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Partial fracture extends only partway across the bone
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Incomplete Fracture
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Fracture is parallel to the long axis of the bone
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Linear Fracture
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Diagonal fracture is at an angle
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Oblique Fracture
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