A Fragment of Bone That Is Separated or Pulled Away

question 79

Multiple Choice

A fragment of bone that is separated or pulled away by the attached tendon or ligament is termed a(n) _____ fracture.

• A)avulsion
• B)chip
• C)depressed
• D)epiphyseal

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Definitions:

Outliers

Data points that lie an abnormal distance from other values in a random sample from a population, often indicating a measurement or transcription error, or a novel phenomenon.

Variance

Measures the variability or spread of a set of data points around their mean; it's calculated as the average of the squared differences from the Mean.

Descriptive Statistics

Statistical methods that summarize and organize the information in a data set to describe its various features, such as mean or standard deviation, without drawing inferences about the population.

Box Plot

A standardized way of displaying the distribution of data based on a five-number summary: minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum.