Types of fractures

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comminuted

bone breaks into one or more pieces

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compression

bone gets compressed and crushed

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depressed

bone breaks and shows as a dent

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impacted

the broken ends of the bone are driven into each other

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spiral

fracture line is twisted, corkscrew

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greenstick

bone cracks on one side, but does not break all the way through