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Yes. A fracture is a break in bone or cartilage. See the related link for more information.
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Is a broken bone or a fractured bone worse?
A broken bone and a fractured bone are actually the same thing. They both refer to a bone that has been damaged and may be partially or completely cracked.
What is a fractured arm?
A fractured arm is an arm that contains one or more broken bones.
Is a fractured proximal phalanx considered a broken toe or foot?
A phalanx is a toe bone. Thus a fractured proximal phalanx is a broken toe.
Hypothesis of broken leg?
The hypothesis of a broken leg is that you fractured your leg.
Is my leg fractured?
Very. It may even be broken.
How do you tell if your foot is broken bruised or fractured?
Well first, if it's broken you will be bruised, swollen and unable to walk. If you sprained it it'll be about the same as fractured, which means pain, but DO NOT continue walking on it, because it will get worse. Go see a doctor and get xrays.
What would you have broken if you had fractured your clavicle?
Your clavicle, as obviously stated, is what you broke.
What causes a broken or fractured camshaft?
Lack of lubrication or defect in the metal.
Does a broken jaw weeken your cheek bone?
Typically no. A broken jaw is when your mandible gets fractured (usually in two places). Your cheek is formed by the zygomatic bone, which is part of your fused skull. But the coronoid process of the mandible is right next to the zygomatic bone, so I guess it might be possible for both to get fractured in the same injury.
What is the difference between fractured and a normal bone?
More or less the same difference between a broken pencil and an unbroken pencil, except the bone has the potential to heal.
How do you know if your thumb is broken or fractured from a fall?
Best way to know is to get an xray
Is fractured another way to say 'way'?
No. It means broken, disintegrated, busted.
