TYPES OF FRACTURES

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Across
  1. 3. At an angle across the bone
  2. 5. It may be due to trauma or due to a weakening of the vertebra
  3. 8. A fracture that breaks through the skin
  4. 9. Break through both cortices
  5. 10. Parallel to the long axis of the bone
  6. 11. End of one bone becomes wedged into another bone.
Down
  1. 1. An incomplete fracture in which the bone is bent. Occurs most often in children
  2. 2. Straight across a bone at right angles to each cortex
  3. 4. More then 2 fracture fragments located in one area of the bone
  4. 6. Encircles the bone
  5. 7. Break through one cortex
  6. 9. A fracture that does not break through the skin