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Fracture Classification / Types

1. Which type of fracture involves a break in the bone that does NOT penetrate the skin?
A) Open fracture
B) Comminuted fracture
C) Closed fracture
D) Spiral fracture

2. Which fracture type is characterized by a clean horizontal break across the bone?
A) Oblique fracture
B) Spiral fracture
C) Transverse fracture
D) Segmental fracture

3. What primary mechanism leads to an oblique fracture?
A) Direct trauma
B) Axial loading
C) Indirect trauma with twisting forces
D) Overuse

4. Which of the following fractures typically results from rotational forces and creates a
corkscrew-like pattern?
A) Oblique fracture
B) Spiral fracture
C) Greenstick fracture
D) Compression fracture

5. A fracture resulting in the bone shattering into three or more fragments is classified as:
A) Comminuted fracture
B) Segmental fracture
C) Fatigue fracture
D) Impacted fracture

6. A pediatric fracture that bends one side of the bone while breaking the other side is called:
A) Buckle fracture
B) Greenstick fracture
C) Stress fracture
D) Avulsion fracture

7. Which fracture results when the broken ends of a bone are driven into one another?
A) Compression fracture
B) Impacted fracture
C) Avulsion fracture
D) Pathologic fracture