A depressed fracture results from a force that drives a piece of bone down.
This fracture may effect the outer table of the skull, the inner table,
or both if the force is strong and localized. This is a depressed fracture
on the left parietal part of a skull.Photo courtesy of Galloway, p. 310
Photo A is of an unhealed depression fracture; this cranium comes from
Nuvakwewtaqa, Arizona. Photo B is a healed depression fracture; this
skull is from Cino Ceros, Peru. Photo C is a close up of photo B.