I took a medical terminology class last quarter.  There was a section dedicated to the skeletal system, which also lead to the different types of fractures that can incur on a body.

I’ve never had a bone broken in my body.

After studying that chapter I put the different kinds of fractures in order of what I would prefer if, you know, I ever had to have a bone broken but had a choice as to how the bone would be broken (think good guy meets bad guy in a bad Bond movie and the good guy has some agency because he gets to choose how his fingers will be broken, or something like that…).

1.  Greenstick fracture-an incomplete break of the bone and the bone bends (most common in children)
2.  Simple fracture-just broken in one place but the skin isn’t broken
3.  Compound fracture-your bone is broken and it breaks through the skin
4.  Transverse fracture-when the break is at a right angle to the length of the bone
5.  Comminuted fracture-when a bone breaks into two or more pieces, or is splintered and crushed