linear fracture

There was also a linear fracture in the back of the head.

Linear fracture: A fracture that is parallel to the bone's long axis.

"As the result of a fall, you sustained a linear fracture in the occipital region of your skull.

He has published over 100 journal papers with a focus on non linear fracture mechanics, material fatigue, and the associated computational methods.

He specializes in the field of Structural engineering with a focus on non linear fracture mechanics of structural materials.

He sustained a linear fracture of the left cheekbone and a dislocated jaw with severe damage to his left retina.

The tectonic deformations on Venus occur on a variety of scales, the smallest of which are related to linear fractures or faults.

The only injury he found was a single linear fracture on the top of Mr. Katz's skull, which, he said, had been inflicted by a blunt instrument.

On JonBenet's skull, he discovered a linear fracture on the right side, one that had not been visible to him until he had cut into the skull.

These, usually superficial, cracks range from several centimetres to several kilometres long, with either a single linear fracture or multiple ones as well as small vertical and moderate lateral displacement.

Basilar skull fractures are linear fractures that occur in the floor of the cranial vault (skull base), which require more force to cause than other areas of the neurocranium.

The existence of linear fractures and the impact crater morphology also indicate that the interior of this asteroid has a considerable strength and is not a rubble pile like many smaller asteroids.

Magma was able to seep through linear fractures along the fault during the late Triassic and early Jurassic, producing episodic flood basalts responsible for the creation of the Watchung Mountains.

Linear fractures of the skull are usually of little clinical significance unless they parallel in close proximity or transverse a suture, or they involve a venous sinus groove or vascular channel.

One of those people is Darryl Strawberry, who guaranteed yesterday he will play in Game 1 of the World Series on Saturday, despite learning that he has a nondisplaced, linear fracture in his right big toe.

The northern portion of Samarkand Sulci was found to consist of linear fractures, suggesting that rather than a compressional fold belt, the northern part of Samarkand Sulci may in fact be an extensional rift.

Strawberry was more relieved than perturbed after a CAT scan showed that he has a non-displaced linear fracture in his right toe from fouling a ball off it in Game of 5 of the American League Championship Series last Sunday.