"complete"
"transverse: a fracture perpendicular to the axis of the bone"
"oblique: a fracture orientated obliquely across the bone"
"spiral: a fracture that looks like a spiral staircase"
"comminuted: a fracture in more than two bits"
"incomplete"
"bowing: bowing of a long tubular bone"
"buckle: the cortex is buckled, often in the distal radius"
"greenstick: the cortex is broken, but only on one side"
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