ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Open fracture (also called compound fracture): The bone pokes through the skin and can be seen, or a deep wound exposes the bone through the skin.

Detailed explanation-2: -Open fracture (also called compound fracture). The bone exits and is visible through the skin, or a deep wound that exposes the bone through the skin.

Detailed explanation-3: -As mentioned above, the term comminuted fracture is used when a bone is broken in at least three places. A compound or open fracture is one in which the skin overlying the broken bone is not intact, or there is a deep wound that exposes bone.

Detailed explanation-4: -The radius is the larger of the two bones between your elbow and wrist. A Colles fracture is a break in the radius close to the wrist. It was named for the surgeon who first described it. Typically, the break is located about an inch (2.5 centimeters) below where the bone joins the wrist.