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What is a break in the bone without penetration of the skin surface over the fracture site?
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Closed fracture. If the bone is crushed or broken in multiple pieces, a comminuted fracture.
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What do minerals that break with an uneven rough or jagged surface have?
a fracture
What type of fracture does class and quartz have?
The mineral quartz show the property of fracture. it breaks along a curved surface. this kind of fracture is called conchoidal fracture. In math the quartz is x3.
What a rocks fracture and the definition of a fracture of a rock?
The definition of a fracture of a rock is the breakage that is not on a flat surface. Two main kinds of fracture are conchoidal (shell shaped, as in quartz) and uneven.
The tendency of the mineral to break along the curved surface is called?
This is known as conchoidal fracture.
Is it true or false that fracture is the tendency of a mineral to break along a smooth flat surface?
Yes
Can you break your back without being paralysed?
Yes, you can fracture a vertebra without breaking the spinal cord.
A break in bone?
a break in the bone is the same as a fracture.
The difference between cleavage and fracture?
Cleavage is when you can break the rock into square like pieces and Fracture is when you break a rock into uneven different shaped pieces.
What is the meaning of Fracture?
The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach., The breaking of a bone., The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture., To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull.
What does fracture mean?
Fracture means a type of break. Not the same as a broken bone. A broken bone is when the bone snaps and the two peices of bone come apart. A fracture is when the bone breaks but does not come apart/disconnect.
What is the break of a mineral called?
strike
Is a break and a fracture the same thing?
A break and a fracture are exactly the same the same thing. The word "fracture" is just a medical term for a break.
