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Q: What type of fracture is associated with a weakness in a bone?
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What type of bone fracture is associated with chronic and excessive impact?

Pretty sure its a stress facture.


An elderly woman with osteoporosis suffers a spontaneous fracture of her hip caused by weakness in the bone structure this type of fracture would be classified as an what fracture?

I believe this is called a Pathological fracture because it is a fracture resulting from a pathological condition already existing within the bone ie. osteoporosis.


A bone fracture where the bone is broken into many fragments is?

a type of bone fracture producing many bone fragments is?


What type of fracture has bone protruding throughskin?

A compound fracture is when a bone protrudes through the skin.


What type of fracture if the bone broken cleanly?

Simple Fracture.


What type of fracture is a bone protruding from the lower arm?

When a bone fracture protrudes through the skin it is classified as an open fracture. With an open fracture there is a risk of deep bone infection.


What type of fracture has the bone protruding from the?

A compound or open fracture, where the bone is visible sticking out of the skin


What type of fracture is characterized by fragmentation of the bone?

When a bone is fractured in such a manner that the bone fragments, it is typically called a comminuted bone fracture.


Which type of bone fracture involves a bone that is partially bent and partially broken?

greenstick fracture.


What type of fracture occurs because the bone is diseased?

Pathologic fracture


What type of fracture is a fracture in which the bone is crushed?

Well there is the simple description 'Crush Fracture'. One might also refer to it as a comminuted fracture, meaning the bone is broken into two or more pieces, and add the prefix open or closed, denoting whether the bone is visible through a wound.


What type of bone fracture results from a major blow?

Temporal Bone