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Sports Injuries - Fractures
| Fractures | ||
| Term | Also Known As | Description |
| avulsion | An avulsion fracture is when a fragment of bone is pulled or torn away with tendon, ligament and/or muscle tissue. | |
| comminuted | A comminuted fracture happens when bone is broken, splintered or crushed in several places. | |
| compound | A compound bone fracture occurs when bone is sticking out of the skin. | |
| impacted | An impacted fracture has the broken ends of one bone driven or wedged into another bone. | |
| incomplete | partial or greenstick | An incomplete fracture in which the bone is not completely broken all the way through from one side to another. |
| linear | A linear fracture is caused by a break that goes in the same direction as the bone's length. | |
| longitudinal | A longitudinal fracture occurs when bone splits along but is not parallel to its length and is more irregular than a linear fracture. | |
| oblique | An oblique fracture happens when the bone is broken neither parallel to nor straight across the bone, but at an angle. | |
| serrated | A serrated fracture is a jagged break in the bone. | |
| spiral | A spiral fracture crosses a bone at an oblique angle in a spiral pattern. | |
| stress | hairline | A stress fracture is a very small crack or break in a bone, usually caused by repetitive overuse or trauma. |
| transverse | A transverse fracture is caused when the fracture goes straight across the long part of the bone. | |
