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        | skin is broken; bone protrudes through skin or wound extends to fracture. |  | 
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        | bone is broken into two or more pieces. |  | 
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        | partial fracture that extends only partway across bone, pieces remain joined. |  | 
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        | bone is bent on one side and has incomplete fracture on opposite side. |  | 
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        | fine crack in which sections of bone remain aligned; common in skull. |  | 
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        | bone is broken into three or more pieces. |  | 
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        | the portions of a fractured bone are out of anatomical alignment. |  | 
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        | the portions of a bone are still in correct anatomical alignment. |  | 
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        | one bone fragment is driven into the medullary space or spongy bone |  | 
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        | broken portions of bone forms a concavity, as in skull fractures. |  | 
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        | fracture parallel to long axis of bone |  | 
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        | diagonal fracture, between linear and transverse |  | 
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        | fracture spirals around axis of long bone caused by twisting stress. |  | 
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        | epiphyseal is separated from the diaphysis along the epiphyseal plate |  | 
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        | body part (finger) is completely severed |  | 
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        | fracture of the distal end of the radius and ulna (common with osteoporosis) |  | 
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        | fracture at the distal end of the tibia, fibula or both (sports) |  | 
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