A comminuted fracture is a fracture in which the bone breaks into multiple separate pieces. In order for a fracture to be comminuted it has to have broken into atleast three separate pieces, just remember this since there are numerous different types of fractures and it can get quite confusing at times.
A communuted fracture is one with several fragments.
It is called a comminuted fracture.
comminuted
Compound fracture is a medical term meaning a bone fracture with a break in the nearby skin.
A hairline fracture is a nondisplaced fracture.
Fx is the medical abbreviation meaning broken bone or fracture
An open fracture, also called a compound fracture, is a broken bone with an open skin wound.
An avulsion fracture is the term meaning tearing a bone.
A Greenstick Fracture
A fracture in the second third of the humerus. Humerus being the bone that your biceps lies on.
A fracture of bones related to cancer or tumor in the bone is called a pathologic fracture.
The term we usually apply to that situation is compound fracture.
The medical term for "silver fork deformity" is "colles fracture." It refers to a specific type of wrist fracture where the bone breaks near the wrist joint, resulting in a characteristic appearance resembling the shape of a silver fork.
colles' fracture
A Hairline Fracture OR Possibly a Green Stick Fracture where the 2 pieces of the bone are still in position, but the bone is cracked … like green stick.