SKELETAL TRAUMA:

DIAGRAM: Showing the above fractures in diagrammatic form.

FRACTURE CLASSIFICATIONS

  • A. Longitudinal
  • B. Transverse
  • C. Oblique
  • D. Spiral
  • E. Incomplete (greenstick, bowing, torus, epiphyseal)
  • F. "T" fracture
  • G. Impacted, compressed
  • H. Comminuted
  • I. Pathological
  • J. Closed fracture
  • K. Open fracture
  • L. Avulsion fracture