A 35-year-old female suffers a broken clavicle following a motor vehicle accident.X-ray reveals that the bone surfaces in the joint partially lost contact with each other.This condition is called:
A) Dislocation
B) Subluxation
C) Distortion
D) Nonunion

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Subluxation occurs when contact between the opposing joint surfaces of a fracture are partially lost.
Dislocation is the displacement of one or more bones in a joint in which the opposing joint surfaces lose contact entirely.
Distortion is not a term applicable to fracture healing.
Nonunion is failure of the bone ends to grow together.

A 35-Year-Old Female Suffers a Broken Clavicle Following a Motor