Number of fragments or position of the fragments

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Cards (3)

  • Displaced: a type of fracture in which fragments are out of position. 
  • Comminuted: a type of fracture in which there are more than two ends of fragments. 
  • Avulsion: skin pulled or torn away; type of fracture in which there is a separation of a small bone fragment from the bone where a tendon or ligament is attached.