Skeletal System Test

NAME:

Complete fracture that results in several bony fragments

• Comminuted
• Fissured
• Greenstick
• Transverse
• Oblique

Incomplete longitudinal break

• Fissured
• Greenstick
• Transverse
• Comminuted
• Oblique

Break resulting from a diseased bone.

• Pathogenic
• Fissured
• Greenstick
• Transverse
• Comminuted

Caused by excessive bone twisting

• Spiral
• Fissured
• Greenstick
• Transverse
• Comminuted

Incomplete break on the convex surface of the bone.

• Greenstick
• Fissured
• Transverse
• Comminuted
• Oblique

Complete break at a right angle to the bone

• Transverse
• Fissured
• Greenstick
• Comminuted
• Oblique

Any other angled break (other than a right angle) that is NOT across the bones axis

• Oblique
• Fissured
• Greenstick
• Transverse
• Comminuted

Wrist bones (carpals) are what type of bones

• Flat
• Long
• Irregular
• Short

Vertebrae would be an example of what type?

• Flat
• Long
• Irregular
• Short