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This would be a hairline fracture or stress fracture. These only occur in weight bearing bones.
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An x-ray of the arm of an accident victim reveals a faint line curving around and down the shaft What kind of fracture might this indicate?
Closed spiral fracture
An x ray of the arm of an accident victim reveals a faint line in curving around and down the shaft What kind of fracture might this indicate?
This type of line usually indicates a spiral fracture, brought about by an excessive amount of torque applied along the axis of the bone.
What kind of fracture does the bone splinter and the break is incomplete?
Greenstick Fracture
What is a brake in a bone called?
fracture depends what kind of brake could be a compound or hairline fracture but mainly a fracture
What kind of bone makes up the shaft of bones?
cancellous bone
What kind of fracture has a break in only one side of the bone?
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What kind of tissue surrounds a bone shaft?
hg
What is an undisclosed fracture?
An undisclosed fracture is a broken bone that is not apparent on examination. Often these kind of fractures are only discovered after they are healed.
A fracture in the shaft of a bone would be a break in the?
The shaft of a long bone is the center area, as in the middle of the bone, not at one of the ends. Take a tree as an example - the roots would be one end, the leaves the other end and the shaft would be the trunk.
How long does broken bone take to heal?
depending what kind of fracture and severity it can take 5-10 weeks
When bobby kuhn fell out of a tree the bone in his arm was partially vent and particully broken Dr Grafton described this as what kind of fracture and this type occurs primarily in children?
Greenstick fracture
What fractures can a cat obtain in its rear legs?
Any kind of fracture that is possible to be imagined, from a greenstick incomplete nondislocated fracture to a comminuted open severely displaced fracture. The more common fractures are mid-diaphyseal (mid-shaft) fracture of the femur and the tibia, both open and closed, often displaced due to muscular contraction in reponse to trauma.
