The shaft of a long bone is the center area, as in the middle of the bone, not at one of the ends. Take a tree as an example - the roots would be one end, the leaves the other end and the shaft would be the trunk.
There are many different types of fractures. Such as: oblique (fracture at an angle through the bone); comminuted (the bone is basically shattered and in pieces); complete (break all the way through...
A hip fracture generally refers to the fracture of the head or neck of the femur (thigh) bone. There are several different areas that can suffer a fracture and still be called a hip fracture. For...