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What are the difference between fracture and dislocation?

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Question added by Mohammad Nazrul , Physician , Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital
Date Posted: 2014/01/12
RASOOL MOHIDEEN SHAHUL HAMEED
by RASOOL MOHIDEEN SHAHUL HAMEED , Dean , B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent University

Fractrure is the discontitnuity occurio ng in the macro level where as the dislocation is the discontitnutiy in the micro level . Fracture may be considered as dis;ocation but all the dislocations are not fratures.

Amer Ahmad
by Amer Ahmad , ER doctor , Al-Khaldi hospital

In orthopedic: Fracture is defined as loss of continuity of bone cortex. There are 2 types of fracture: 1. Traumatic. 2. Pathologic. Dislocation is defined as complete loss of contact between 2 bone surfaces that form a joint. If the loss of contact is partial it's called then (Subluxation).

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by Deleted user

Dislocations in materials occur at the atomic scale where an irregularity exists within the atoms making up the material. Fractures occur when one surface becomes displaced with respect to another. Dislocations exist to a certain degree within every material, however there are times where dislocations may grow and lead to fracture. 

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