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a break in a bone
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fracture
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fracture that does not break through the bone
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closed
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serious fracture in which the broken bone or bones project through the skin
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open
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fracture in which the bone retains its normal allignment
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nondisplaced
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more serious fracture in which the bones are not in anotomic allignment.
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displaced
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compression, open or compound, simple, greenstick, transverse, sprial or oblique, comminuted, impacted
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common fractures
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T/F many fractures fall into more than one category of a fracutre
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true
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