Fracture, spiral — A fracture, sometimes called a torsion fracture, in which a bone has been twisted apart. A fracture is any break in the bone or cartilage. It usually is a result of trauma but can be due to an acquired disease of bone such as osteoporosis or… … Medical dictionary
Fracture osseuse — Fracture Pour les articles homonymes, voir fracture (homonymie). Exemple de fracture des os de l avant bras, et réparation (Plaques et vis) En traumatol … Wikipédia en Français
Fracture — Pour les articles homonymes, voir fracture (homonymie). Exemple de fracture des os de l avant bras, et réparation (Plaques et vis) En traumatologie, le terme de fracture désigne par défini … Wikipédia en Français
fracture — 1. To break. 2. A break, especially the breaking of a bone or cartilage. [L. fractura, a break] apophysial f. separation of apophysis from bone. articular f. a f. involving the joint … Medical dictionary
Fracture, torsion — A fracture, also called a spiral fracture, in which a bone has been twisted apart. A fracture is any break in the bone or cartilage. It usually is a result of trauma but can be due to an acquired disease of bone such as osteoporosis or abnormal… … Medical dictionary
Spiral fracture — A fracture, sometimes called a torsion fracture, in which a bone has been twisted apart. A fracture is any break in the bone or cartilage. It usually is a result of trauma but can be due to an acquired disease of bone such as osteoporosis or… … Medical dictionary
Spiral fracture — An x ray image of a spiral fracture to the left humerus of a 27 year old male. The injury was sustained during a fall. A spiral fracture (a.k.a. torsion fracture) is a bone fracture occurring when torque is applied along the axis of a bone.[1]… … Wikipedia
solids, mechanics of — ▪ physics Introduction science concerned with the stressing (stress), deformation (deformation and flow), and failure of solid materials and structures. What, then, is a solid? Any material, fluid or solid, can support normal forces.… … Universalium
Human leg — Lateral aspect of right leg Latin membrum inferios MeSH … Wikipedia
Fracturation hydraulique — La « fracturation hydraulique » est la dislocation ciblée de formations géologiques peu perméables[1]’[2] par le moyen de l injection sous très haute pression d un fluide destiné à fissurer et micro fissurer la roche. Cette fracturation … Wikipédia en Français
