Fractures and Repairs 1

the bone is broken with no open wound,

the broken end of a bone pierces the skin creating an open wound

• an incomplete break of a soft bone which means the bone is partially bent and partially broken
• occurs in children bc their growing bones are soft and tend to splinter rather than break completely

occurs when the bone is broken in pieces

the broken ends of a bone are forced into one another; many bone fragments may be created

extensive soft tissue injury

• break of the lower end of the radius which occurs just above the wrist
• caused by flexing a hand to cushion a fall

when the line of fx does not include the whole bone

excision of a vertebra

painful condition of a vertebra

inflammation of vertebrae

disease of vertebrae

softening of the spine

pertaining to a vertebra and a rib