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A compound fracture can be described as when the bone is visible sticking out of the skin

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What fracture breaks the skin?

A compound fracture, the worst kind.


What type of fracture has a bone portruding from the skin?

Open....It's called an OPEN FRACTURE.


What type of fracture has bone protruding throughskin?

A compound fracture is when a bone protrudes through the skin.


What type of injury involves an open wound where the bone has torn through the skin?

Open Fracture formerly known as a compound fracture.


What is a simple fracture and a compound fracture?

a fracture in which skin is intact at site of fracture is a closed fracture or simple fracture whereas compound fracture or an open fracture is a fracture in which the skin is perforated and there is an open wound down to the site of the fracture.


Difference between a closed fracture and a compound fracture?

A closed fracture is when the skin is still intact. A compound fracture is when the broken bone is sticking through the skin.


What type of fracture has bone protruding out?

Compound Fracture


What is the medical term meaning open fracture?

Compound fracture is a medical term meaning a bone fracture with a break in the nearby skin.


Is a compound fracture a fracture where the bone is broken into many fragments?

depends on the point of impact and the speeed but no it does not always result in a compound fracture


A bone fracture where the bone is broken into many fragments is?

a type of bone fracture producing many bone fragments is?


What are the release dates for Compound Fracture - 2013?

Compound Fracture - 2013 was released on: USA: 2013


If a person has a compound fracture of the back would that cause bruising?

yes a compound fracture would cause bruising