MICROANATOMY

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. Closed fracture (also called simple fracture). The bone is broken, but the skin is intact.

Detailed explanation-2: -An open fracture, also called a compound fracture, is a fracture in which there is an open wound or break in the skin near the site of the broken bone. Most often, this wound is caused by a fragment of bone breaking through the skin at the moment of the injury.

Detailed explanation-3: -An open fracture is an injury where the fractured bone and/or fracture hematoma are exposed to the external environment via a traumatic violation of the soft tissue and skin. The skin wound may lie at a site distant to the fracture and not directly over it.

Detailed explanation-4: -An open fracture is a fracture that-Results in multiple pieces of bone Occurs when a broken bone pierces through the skin Ruptures a blood vessel Damages a nerve.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are two primary types of Fractures. They can be a simple fracture or compound fracture. A simple fracture, or closed fracture, cracks the bone but does not break the skin. A compound fracture, or open fracture, breaks the bone, and then the broken pieces of bone pierce the skin.