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Fractures

Fractures. Skeletal System. Simple Fracture. Complete break between bones. Compound Fracture. Complete break between bones with the end of a bone tearing through tissue . Comminuted Fracture. Complete break where the bone is in pieces. Impact Fracture.

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Fractures

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  1. Fractures Skeletal System

  2. Simple Fracture • Complete break between bones

  3. Compound Fracture • Complete break between bones with the end of a bone tearing through tissue

  4. Comminuted Fracture • Complete break where the bone is in pieces

  5. Impact Fracture • Occurs when two bones are forced to collide at the joint area • Shoulder and hip are most common places • Most often seen in car accidents and high falls

  6. Spiral Fracture • Bones are twisted apart in a complete fracture or the break spirals its way up the bone in an incomplete fracture

  7. Greenstick Fracture • Incomplete break where the bone splinters but does not break into two separate pieces

  8. Healing of Fractures • Step 1: Bone Alignment • Reduction– Medical procedure to realign the bones • Open– bone realignment done under surgery • Closed– bone realignment done without surgery

  9. Healing of Fractures • Step 2: Hematoma • Forms around the broken ends of bones • Step 3: Fibrocartilage callus formation • Break will be bridged with Fibrocartilage • Step 4: Ossification • Cartilage is converted into bone • Step 5: Remodeling • Bone will keep a denser matrix of bone where break occurred (gives area extra strength)

  10. Compound Fracture Comminuted Fracture Simple Fracture

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