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How do you detect a bone fracture?
xray
Which diagnostic technique is most commonly used to visualize a bone fracture?
XRAY
What is the difference between fracture and X-ray?
The XRAY is the EMR used to detect a fracture in your bone and a fracture refers to a broken bone in your body.
Which is the name for a broken bone?
A broken bone is often called a "fracture" or "bone fracture". Some examples from the Wikipedia entry on bone fracture. * Complete Fracture- A fracture in which bone fragments separate completely. * Incomplete Fracture- A fracture in which the bone fragments are still partially joined. * Linear Fracture- A fracture that is parallel to the bone's long axis. * Transverse Fracture- A fracture that is at a right angle to the bone's long axis. * Oblique Fracture- A fracture that is diagonal to a bone's long axis. * Compression Fracture-A fracture that usually occurs in the vertebrae. * Spiral Fracture- A fracture where at least one part of the bone has been twisted. * Comminuted Fracture- A fracture causing many fragments. * Compacted Fracture- A fracture caused when bone fragments are driven into each other * Open Fracture- A fracture when the bone reaches the skin * Bug fracture- A fracture when the bone is in place, but the fracture has the appearance of a crushed insect.
A bone fracture where the bone is broken into many fragments is?
a type of bone fracture producing many bone fragments is?
A break in bone?
a break in the bone is the same as a fracture.
How do you tell new fracture or old fracture?
Sometimes you can't tell if it is in the foot, but you probably wouldn't be able to move the hurt area if it was broken, but check with your doctor just to make sureit hurtswe feel a lot of painyou would probably hear a * crack * and you wouldnt be able to move it it would be dangling if it was like a hand you cant move it. And its gotta hurt--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What is a tibia xray?
The tibia is one of two bones that make up your lower leg (the part of your leg that starts at the knee and ends at the ankle). The other bone is called the Fibula. A tibia xray is a way of looking at the density of those two bones in your lower leg, often with the intention of identifying a fracture, or broken bone.
What is the proper name for a broken bone?
A fracture for a broken bone. If the bone is broken badly enough to stick out through the skin it is called a compound fracture.
What is the name for a fracture in which one bone fragment is driven into the other?
A bone fracture where the bone fragments are driven into each other is called a "Compacted Fracture".
When a bone breaks What is it called?
When a bone breaks, it is called a fracture.
A bone fracture perpendicular to the bone's axis is called what?
transverse fracture
