What is a transverse fracture?

Answer:

A transverse fracture is a bone fracture which runs at a right angle to the length (axis) of the bone.

See link in Related links for more discussion of categories of fractures--

  • linear, oblique or transverse
  • simple or compound
  • complete or incomplete
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