Glossary of Bone Fractures and Types of Joints
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- Colles
- A break in the distal part of the radius.
- comminuted
- A fracture where the bone is shattered into fragments.
- compound, or open
- The fracture protrudes through the skin.
- compression
- A fracture occurring in vertebrae, generally caused by falling on the tailbone.
- epiphyseal
- Occurirring where the matrix is calcifying and chondrocytes are dying.
- greenstick
- A fracture where one side of the bone is broken and the other side is bent.
- Potts
- A break in the ankle that affects both bones of the lower leg.
- simple, or closed
- The fracture does not protrude through the skin.
- transverse
- The fracture occurring when a shaft bone breaks across its long axis.
- spiral
- A fracture caused by twisting stresses that extends along the length of the bone.
- amphiarthrosis
- Allows only slight movement like in the vertebrae.
- synarthrosis
- Does not allow movement, such as in the cranial sutures.
- diarthrosis
- Permits free movement in many directions such as in the hip, knee, wrist, foot, and elbow.