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| Broken bone that does not pierce through the skin |
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| Anteroposterior (AP) x-ray |
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| Enters the front of the body (anterior) and exits the back of the body (posterior) |
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| Treatment of a fracture by manipulating it without surgical exposure |
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| Bone is crushed or splintered into three or more pieces |
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| Projects through the skin with a possibility of infection |
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| Vertebrae collapse due to trauma, tumor, or osteoporosis |
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| Cuts at a right angle to the midline, from side to side, and divides the body into front (anterior) and back (posterior) sections |
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| Enters one side of the body and exits the other side |
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| Incomplete union of a previously fractured bone |
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| Treatment of a fracture by returning the part to its normal position |
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| Cuts through the midline of the body from front to back and divides the body into EQUAL right and left sections |
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| Failure of a broken bone to heal |
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| Patient is lying at an angle neither prone nor supine |
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| Fracture that pierces the skin |
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| Treatment of a fracture with surgical exposure |
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| Fracture caused by disease |
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| Posteroanterior (PA) x-ray |
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| Enters the back of the body (posterior) and exits the front of the body (anterior) |
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| Lying face down on the front of the body; also known as ventral recumbent |
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Definition
| Cuts through the body from front to back and divides the body into right and left sections |
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| Fracture in which the bone is broken in two places, such that there is a "floating" segment of bone |
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| Fracture in which the bone is broken in only one place |
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| Lying down on the back with face up; also known as dorsal recumbent |
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| Transverse (horizontal) (axial) x-ray |
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| Cuts horizontally through the body and separates the body into upper and lower sections |
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