A client is admitted to the hospital with a transverse fracture of the femur. Which statement best describes this type of fracture?
a. The fracture line is parallel to the bone.
b. The fracture line is straight across the bone.
c. The fracture line is perpendicular to the bone.
d. The fracture line is vertical to the shaft of the bone.
ANS: B
A transverse fracture occurs straight across the bone. Such a fracture would not occur either per-pendicularly or vertically in relationship to the bone. A linear fracture runs parallel to the long ax-is of the bone.
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