| A | B |
|---|
| Fracture | broken bone |
| Simple fracture | do not rupture the skin |
| Compound fracture | split open the skin allowing for an infection to occur |
| Comminuted Fx | the bone is crushed and or shattered |
| Compression Fx | the fractured area of bone collapses on itself |
| Colles Fx | the break of the distal end of the radius at the epiphysis often occurs when the patient has attempted to break his or fall |
| Complicated Fx | the bone is broken and pierces an interanl organ |
| Impacted Fx | the bone is broken and the ends are driven into each other |
| Hairline Fx | a minor fracture appears as a thin line on x-ray and may not extend completely through the bone |
| Greenstick Fx | the bone is partially bent and partially broken; this is a common fracture in chidren because their bones are still soft |
| Pathologic Fx | any fracture occurring spontaneously as a result of disease |
| Salter-Harris Fx | a fracture of the epiphyseal plate in children |
| Sprain | a traumatic injury to a joint involving the soft tissue |
| Soft tissues | muscles, ligaments and tendons |
| Strain | a lesser injury, usually this is a result of overuse or overstretching |
| Dislocation | is ehn a bone is completely out of place and subluxation is partially out of joint |
