Basal
Fracture located at the base of the skull
Bennett
Fracture at base of first metacarpal
Blowout
Fracture of the floor of the orbit
Boxer
Facture of metacarpal neck
Clay Shoveler’s
Avulsion fracture of the spinous process in the lower cervical and upper thoracis region
Colles
Facture of distal radius with posterior (dorsal) displacement
Compression
Fracture that causes compaction of bone and a decrease in length or width
Contre-coup
Fracture to one side of a structure caused by trauma to the other side
Depressed
Fracture causing a portion of the skull to be depressed into the cranial cavity
Hangman’s-
Fracture of the anterior arch of C2 owing to hyperextension
Hill-Sachs Defect
Impacted fracture of posterolateral aspect of the humeral head with dislocation
Jefferson
Comminuted fracture of the ring C
Jones
Avulsion fracture of the base of the 5th metatarsal
Le Fort Bilateral
Horizontal fractures of the maxillae
Linear-
Irregular or jagged fracture of the skull
Pott
Avulsion of the medial malleolus with loss of ankle mortise
Smith
Facture of distal radius with anterior (palmar) displacement
Torus/Buckle
Impacted fracture with bulging of periosteum
Tripod
Fracture of the zygomatic arch and orbital floor or rim and dislocation of the frontozygomatic suture