Table of Contents
- 1 What is the medical term for a broken bone?
- 2 What are broken bones more commonly called?
- 3 How do you describe a broken bone?
- 4 What are the different types of broken bones?
- 5 What are the names of fractures?
- 6 What is a Pott’s fracture?
- 7 What is the proper name for a broken bone?
- 8 Which term is defined as a broken bone?
What is the medical term for a broken bone?
A fracture is a broken bone, the same as a crack or a break.
What are broken bones more commonly called?
A broken bone, also called a fracture (say: FRAK-shur), is when a break goes through part or all of a bone.
How do you name a fracture?
II: What type of fracture?
- complete: all the way through the bone. transverse: straight across the bone. oblique: an oblique line across the bone.
- incomplete: the whole cortex is not broken. bowing: the long bone has been bent.
- Salter-Harris: fractures that involve the growth plate.
How do you describe a broken bone?
A break of any size is called a fracture. If the broken bone punctures the skin, it is called an open fracture (compound fracture). A stress fracture is a break in the bone that develops because of repeated or prolonged forces against the bone. The repeated stress weakens the bone until it finally breaks.
What are the different types of broken bones?
Different types of bone fractures can be open, closed, stable, displaced, partial, or complete.
- Transverse Fracture. Transverse fractures are breaks that are in a straight line across the bone.
- Spiral Fracture.
- Greenstick Fracture.
- Stress Fracture.
- Compression Fracture.
- Oblique Fracture.
- Impacted Fracture.
- Segmental Fracture.
What do you call the break in the bone that can occur from either?
A fracture is a break in the bone that can occur from either a quick, one-time injury to the bone (acute fracture) or from repeated stress to the bone over time (stress fracture).
What are the names of fractures?
What is a Pott’s fracture?
A Pott’s fracture is a fracture affecting one or both of the malleoli. During activities such as landing from a jump (volleyball, basketball) or when rolling an ankle, a certain amount of stress is placed on the tibia and fibula and the ankle joint.
What bone is the most painful to break?
According to a lot of reviews, people seem to agree that breaking your finger or nose is the least painful. The most painful is said to be the femur bone.
What is the proper name for a broken bone?
The medical term for a broken bone is a fracture. But there are different kinds of fractures. A single fracture is when a bone is broken in just one place. You may have heard the term hairline fracture. This is a single fracture that is very small, like the width of a hair.
Which term is defined as a broken bone?
In brief: Broken bone. A fracture is the medical term for a broken bone. This is defined as a disruption in the natural structure of the bone as a result of an acute injury, repetitive overloading or pathologic weakness of the bone.
What bone is broken most often in the body?
The collarbone, otherwise known as the clavicle, is the most commonly broken bone, thanks in large part to where it’s positioned. Located between the shoulder blade and upper ribcage, it attaches the arm to the rest of the body. It’s quite large and prone to breaks, especially among children and others who live active lifestyles.