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fracture - A break in the continuity of a bone-occurs when force is applied that exceeds the tensile or compressive strength of the bone complete fracture - Integrity of the bone broken into two pieces incomplete fracture - Bone damaged but in one piece open fracture - Aka compound fracture-concurrent break in the skin in area of the fracture Closed fracture - AKA simple fracture-no break in surrounding skin linear fracture - the fracture is parallel to the long axis of the bone oblique fracture - Slanted fracture of the shaft of the bone spiral fracture - ragged break occurs when excessive twisting forces are applied to a bone transverse fracture - occurs straight across the bone comminuted fracture - bone breaks into many fragments types of incomplete fractures - greenstick, torus, bowing greenstick fracture - Outer surface of bone disrupted but inner surface remains intact