Compound fracture is a medical term meaning a bone fracture with a break in the nearby skin.
Open fracture is also called compound fracture
Open fracture
An open fracture, also called a compound fracture, is a broken bone with an open skin wound.
The term we usually apply to that situation is compound fracture.
A hairline fracture is a nondisplaced fracture.
An avulsion fracture is the term meaning tearing a bone.
A Greenstick Fracture
imperforate
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.
It's a surgical procedure to line up broken bones and use hardware to keep them aligned properly for optimal healing.
Closed reduction is the medical term meaning aligning broken bones without surgery.
The medical term for a broken neck is "cervical 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.