Ch. 10 Fractures
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jayestiles on April 12, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 greenstick | incomplete break of soft bone, partially bent, and partially broken |
| comminuted | bone is broken into pieces |
| impacted | broken ends of bone are forced into one another |
| complicated | extensive soft tissue injury involvement (like broken rib pierces a lung) |
| Colles | break of lower end of a radius, just above wrist |
| incomplete | line of fracture does not include the whole bone (partial) |
| closed | bone is broken with no open wound |
| open or compound | broken bone through an open wound |
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