The break of a bone that has been weakened by disease is a ________fracture; when a broken end of the bone pierces the skin, the fracture is ________.
A) stress; greenstick
B) epiphyseal; stress
C) greenstick; simple
D) pathologic; compound
E) pathologic, simple.

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A pathologic fracture occurs in a bone weakened by disease, and a compound fracture is when the bone pierces the skin.

The Break of a Bone That Has Been Weakened by Disease