| Compression Fracture | | happens in ligaments |
| Tension Fracture | | Breaks through skin |
| Compound fracture | | Narrowing of space between vertebral joints |
| greenstick fracture | | bone bends and partially breaks |
| Transverse fracture | | fracture that muscle pulls from bone, usually in adolescents |
| Avulsion or Apophysial Fracture | | bone break at right angle |
| Epiphysial Fracture | | can create blockage of pulmonary vessel |
| wolff's Law | | a disorder of the the epiphysis |
| Myositis Ossificans | | swelling in soft tissue after fracture, puts pressure on bones |
| Osteomyelitis | | characterized by decreased bone mass |
| Compartmental Syndrome | | bone needs stress to grow |
| fat embolism | | Pannus is present |
| osteoarthritis | | may be characterized by Bouchard's nodes |
| rheumatoid arthritis | | Fracture in growth plate |
| osteoporosis | | Bone dieposits in the muscle |
| osteochondrosis | | infection in the bone or marrow |
| Osteogenesis imperfecta | | happens in tendons |
| Strain | | brittle bones |
| Sprain | | One vertebrae slips forward over the one below |
| Spinal Stenosis | | Fracture that occurs on this side of bent bone -->C |
| Degenerative Spondylolisthesis | | Facture that occurs on this side of bent bone C<-- |