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.