We have recently watched a video on a girl and her bones. Its weird how bones repair themselves. There like little robots but there repairing your bones in your body. There are many different types of broken bones or bone fractures. Theres
- Non-displaced- bone ends retain their normal position
- displaced- bone ends are out of normal alignment
- complete- bone is broken all the way through
- incomplete- bone is not broken all the way through
- Linear- the fracture is parallel to the long axis of the bone
- Transverse- the fracture is perpendicular to the long axis of the bone
- compound (open) - bone ends penetrate the skin
- Simple (closed) - bone ends do not penetrate the skin
Then theres common types of fractures
- Comminuted- bone fragments into three or more pieces; common in the elderly
- Spiral- ragged break when bone is excessively twisted common sports injury
- depressed- broken bone portion pressed inward; typical skull fracture
- compression- bone is crushed common in porous bones
- Epiphyseal- epiphysis separates form diaphysis along epiphyseal line occurs where cartilage cells are dying
- Greenstick- incomplete fracture where one side of the bone breaks and the other side bends common in children
