This is an open fx; it breaks through the skin.
Compound
This is a fx of the pedicles of C2.
Hangman's
This is a fx of the ankle; it is a bi-malleoluar fx.
Pott's
This fracture is where one fragment is driven into another.
Impacted
This is the definition of a fx that transverses all the way through the bone.
(a. incomplete b. complete c. comminuted)
Complete
(True or False)
This closed fx does not break through the skin. It therfore falls under the category of Simple fx.
True
This is a fx in which fx lines radiate from a central point of impact.
Stellate
This is a fx in multiple pieces.
Comminuted
This is a fx of the floor of the orbit.
Blowout
This is a fx of the distal radius with posterior displacement of the wrist.
Colles
This is a fx of the 5th metacarpal.
Boxer's
This fx does NOT transverse through the entire bone.
(a. complete b. incomplete c. impacted)
Incomplete
This is what type of fx (it 'twists' around the bone ) ?
Spiral
This is an incomplete fx; it is most often seen in children.
Greenstick
This type of fx goes straight across a bone (less than 30 deg. angle).
Transverse
This image demonstrates what type of apposition ?
(anatomic, distraction or bayonet)
Bayonet
