TYPES OF BONE FRACTURES

• A fracture is a break in a bone

STRESS FRACTURE

• Fracture of a bone caused by repeated mechanical stress

GREENSTICK FRACTURE

OBLIQUE FRACTURE

• Slated fracture of the shaft along the bones long aris

COMPOUND FRACTURE

• Fracture that punctures through the skin

AVULSION FRACTURE

• Powerful muscle contraction that wrenches the tendon free and pull out pieces of bone

PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE

• Weakens the bones an cause stress fractures

NON-DISPLACED FRACTURE

• When the bone is cracked however, it remains aligned and positioned

BASILAR SKULL FRACTURE

• Base of the skull sub stains intense trauma, which causes the membrane of the brain to rupture

LE FORTE FRACTURE

• Craniofacial fracture affects the maxillary bone in a horizontal, transverse, mode of dislocation

BLOWOUT FRACTURE

• Break sub stained in the orbital region which may or may not cause the torsion at the floor or medial wall of the orbit