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A compound fracture can be described as when the bone is visible sticking out of the skin

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What fracture breaks the skin?

A compound fracture, the worst kind.


What type of fracture has a bone portruding from the skin?

Open....It's called an OPEN FRACTURE.


What type of fracture has bone protruding throughskin?

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


What type of injury involves an open wound where the bone has torn through the skin?

Open Fracture formerly known as a compound fracture.


What is a simple fracture and a compound fracture?

a fracture in which skin is intact at site of fracture is a closed fracture or simple fracture whereas compound fracture or an open fracture is a fracture in which the skin is perforated and there is an open wound down to the site of the fracture.


Difference between a closed fracture and a compound fracture?

A closed fracture is when the skin is still intact. A compound fracture is when the broken bone is sticking through the skin.


What is the medical term meaning open fracture?

Compound fracture is a medical term meaning a bone fracture with a break in the nearby skin.


What type of fracture has bone protruding out?

Compound Fracture


Is a compound fracture a fracture where the bone is broken into many fragments?

depends on the point of impact and the speeed but no it does not always result in a compound fracture


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

a type of bone fracture producing many bone fragments is?


What are the release dates for Compound Fracture - 2013?

Compound Fracture - 2013 was released on: USA: 2013


If a person has a compound fracture of the back would that cause bruising?

yes a compound fracture would cause bruising