Editing Bone fracture (section)

== Patterns ==
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|[[File:Laengsfraktur_D4-Endglied_-_Verlauf_25M_-_CR_ap_-_001.jpg|thumb|In the fingertip. [[c:Category:Linear fractures|More images]]|center|257x257px]]
|Linear fracture
|Parallel to the bone's long axis
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|[[File:Kind_of_fractures_-_Closed_fracture_--_Smart-Servier.png|thumb|[[c:Category:Transverse fractures|more images]]]]
|Transverse fracture
|At a right angle to the bone's long axis
|May occur when the bone is bent,<ref name="mcdaniel">{{Cite book|last1=McDaniel|first1=Dalton J.|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557625/|title=StatPearls|last2=Rehman|first2=Uzma H.|date=November 2, 2021|publisher=StatPearls Publishing|chapter=Phalanx Fractures of the Hand|pmid=32491557|via=PubMed|access-date=3 January 2022|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229012018/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557625/|url-status=live}}</ref><!--more general source needed-->and snaps in the middle.
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|[[File:Kind of fractures - Oblique -- Smart-Servier.png|thumb|center|400x400px]]
|Oblique fracture
|Diagonal to a bone's long axis (more than 30°)
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|[[File:Armbreak_-_Spiral_Fracture.jpg|thumb|[[c:Category:Spiral fractures|more images]]]]
|[[Spiral fracture]] or torsion fracture
|At least one part of the bone has been twisted (image shows an [[Arm wrestling|arm-wrestler]])
|Torsion on the bone<ref name="mcdaniel" />
|May rotate, and must be [[Fracture reduction|reduced]] to heal properly
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|[[File:Blausen_0250_CompressionFracture_Vertebrae.png|thumb|[[c:Category:Compression fractures|more images]]]]
|[[Compression fracture]]/[[wedge fracture]]
|Usually occurs in the vertebrae, for example when the front portion of a [[vertebra]] in the spine collapses due to [[osteoporosis]] (a medical condition which causes bones to become brittle and susceptible to fracture, with or without trauma)
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|Impacted fracture
|Bone fragments are driven into each other
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|[[File:MalletFinger.PNG|thumb|[[c:Category:Avulsion fractures|more images]]]]
|[[Avulsion fracture]]
|A fragment of bone is separated from the main mass (image shows a [[Busch fracture]])
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|[[File:Nagelkranzfraktur.jpg|thumb|[[c:Category:Comminuted fractures|more images]]]]
|[[Comminuted fracture]]
|The bone is shattered
|often from crushing injuries<ref name="mcdaniel" />
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