Match the types of fractures with their definition

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Closed

A break of the bone below the skin.

Open

A piece of bone comes through the skin

Spiral

A shredding/twisting of the bone

Compound

More then one break through a bone

Stress

Small cracks in the bone

Comminuted

Smashing of a bone into pieces

Incomplete

When a break doesn't go all the way through the bone

Complete

When a break goes all the way through.


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