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