APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Buckled Fracture: (or impacted fracture), ends are driven into each other; commonly seen in arm fractures in children. Comminuted Fracture: the bone breaks into several pieces.

Detailed explanation-2: -Impacted– A complete, displaced fracture where one fragment is driven into (“impacting”) a second piece as a result of trauma.

Detailed explanation-3: -If the bone breaks in such a way that bone fragments stick out through the skin, or a wound penetrates down to the broken bone, the fracture is called an open fracture.

Detailed explanation-4: -An impacted fracture refers to a fracture in which bone fragments have been driven into each other. A compression fracture is similar to an impaction fracture, but the term is applied to describe a fracture in which cancellous bone collapses and compresses upon itself.

Detailed explanation-5: -An impacted fracture occurs when two pieces of a fractured bone are driven into each other. Because it involves more than a break in the bone, it is more serious than a simple fracture. It takes a significant amount of force to drive two fragments of a fractured bone together.