2. • Bone fractures, also known as “broken bones,”
occur when a bone becomes cracked or broken.
• Broken bones can be caused by trauma or
forceful impact, such as a car accident or an
athletic injury, or from disease that degrades the
bones.
• There are numerous types of fractures, as can be
seen in the image below:
3. Spiral Fracture
• This type of fracture is
commonly the result of a
twisting injury.
• The opposing forces from either
direction cause the bone to
snap.
• More time is often required for
healing with spiral fractures
than other kinds of fracture.
4.
5. Greenstick Fracture
• More often seen in children,
because their bones are softer
than the bones of adults
• As you can see in the diagram
to the left, a greenstick
fracture involves a bone being
cracked but not completely
broken all the way across.
• In this situation, one side of
the bone becomes bent while
the other side is cracked.
6.
7. Transverse Fracture
• With a transverse fracture, the
bone is completely broken,
straight across
• The break is at a right angle to
the length of the bone itself, as
seen in the diagram to the left.
• The next slide shows an x-ray of
an actual transverse fracture.
8.
9. Works Consulted:
• Fremgen, B.F. & Frucht, S.S. (2009) Medical
terminology a living language.(4th ed., pp
96-100). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson
Education, Inc.
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