Types of Fractures

Stress fracture

Microscopic fracture often caused by repeated stress

Spiral fracture

Occurs when the bone is twisted

Greenstick fracture

Partial fracture in which one side of the bone is broken and the other side is twisted. (Common in young children.

Comminuted fracture

The bone has splintered into several pieces at the site of the fracture

Complete fracture

The bone is broken into two or more pieces

Partial fracture

The bone is not broken into two or more pieces.

Closed (simple) fracture

The break does not break the skin

Open (compund) fracture

The fracture breaks the skin

Compreasion fracture

Bones are forced together.

What is the most common bone broke in the body?

Clavicle