The nurse is teaching nursing students about childhood fractures. Which describes a compound skull fracture?
a. Involves the basilar portion of the occipital bone
b. Bone is exposed through the skin
c. Traumatic separations of the cranial sutures
d. Bone is pushed inward, causing pressure on the brain
ANS: B
A compound fracture has the bone exposed through the skin. A basilar fracture involves the basilar portion of the frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid, temporal, or occipital bone. Diastatic skull fractures are traumatic separations of the cranial sutures. A depressed fracture has the bone pushed inward, causing pressure on the brain.
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