A 29-year-old female is in her taekwondo class and misjudges what her opponent is going to do. she falls while her arm is abducted, and she injures it. she is taken to an emergency room. on physical examination, there is tenderness, swelling, and visible deformity in her upper arm. x-rays of her arm are done and show a fractured humerus. after reviewing the x-ray, the doctor comes back into the examining room and tells her that her bone has broken into several pieces. what type of fracture is this?

A 29-year-old female is in her taekwondo class and misjudges what her opponent is going to do. she falls while her arm is abducted, and she injures it. she is taken to an emergency room. on physical examination, there is tenderness, swelling, and visible deformity in her upper arm. x-rays of her arm are done and show a fractured humerus. after reviewing the x-ray, the doctor comes back into the examining room and tells her that her bone has broken into several pieces. what type of fracture is this?



A. comminuted
B. depressed
C. greenstick
D. oblique fracture
E. simple

Answer: A. comminuted


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