Types of Fractures

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Across
  1. 1. a break in the periosteum and cortical bone on only
  2. 6. side
  3. 7. found almost exclusively in
  4. 8. bone penetrates through the skin, aka compound fracture
  5. 12. the bone
Down
  1. 2. occurs in response to repetitive strain
  2. 3. small fragment of bone is torn away from the main portion of bone by soft tissue
  3. 4. fragments of bone do not penetrate skin, aka simple fracture
  4. 5. caused by torsional force, and has a fracture line that
  5. 9. patients because of the softness of their bones,
  6. 10. bone broken in more than 2 fragments
  7. 11. fracture line runs at a right angle to the long axis of the bone