BROKEN BONES: Anthropological Analysis of Blunt Force Trauma (2nd Ed.)The editors, along with 15 outstanding contributors, comprehensively explore and provide an overview of the principles behind the interpretation of skeletal blunt force trauma. This expanded second edition provides a discussion on how to train for a career in forensic anthropology and offers guidance on how to complete a thorough trauma analysis. It also provides the labels given to different kinds of fractures and the biomechanical forces required to cause bone to fail and fracture. The text provides a theoretical framework for both evaluating published trauma studies and designing new ones. Experimental trauma research is an area ripe for research, and criteria to consider in choosing which non-human species to use in an actualistic study are offered. Common circumstances in which blunt force trauma is encountered are described. Information is provided on a variety of causes of death due to blunt force trauma. These causes range from accidental deaths to homicides due to blunt force from motor vehicle accidents, falls, strangulation, child and elder abuse, among others. Epidemiological information on whom is most likely affected by these various kinds of blunt force trauma is drawn from both the clinical and forensic literature. The most fundamental elements of the text are offered in four chapters where, bone by bone, fracture by fracture, the authors describe what to call each kind of fracture, what is known about how much force is required to break the bone that way, and fracture specific epidemiological information. This particular section of the text provides an invaluable reference source for forensic anthropologists and other osteologists to consult when looking at and trying to classify a bone fracture. Case studies are included to bring the book full circle back to considering the micro and macro bone changes that are seen when bone fails and fractures. The case studies are illustrative both of the concepts described through the book and of the high quality analyses forensic anthropologists contribute to medicolegal investigations of death every day. The text is further enhanced by 150 illustrations, some in color. This completely updated and expanded new volume is an essential reference for the forensic anthropology professional. |
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... fractures. Incomplete fractures affect a variety of different bones. This group includes a number of fractures, which occur primarily in younger individuals such as the bow and toddler's fractures. Torus and greenstick fractures are ...
... microfractures induced under both compression and tension (Jones 1994). While such fractures can occur in any of the long, tubular bones, they are most common in the forearm. Toddler's Fractures Rarely seen in forensic settings, this ...
... Fractures Depressed fractures occur primarily in the skull and result from direct blows that cause “caving-in” of the bone's cortex. They may also occur on the metaphyseal areas of long bones where trabecular collapse results in the ...
... fracture. This defect may result from multiple simultaneous fractures such as would occur when a bone is hit at two points or by a large surface. Epiphyseal Fractures Two categories of epiphyses exist in the long bones: (1) pressure ...
... occur in the ulna, they are sometimes known as parrying fractures. These fractures are usually accompanied by relatively little soft tissue damage. Crush Fractures Crush fractures occur when a large force is applied over a large area of ...
Contents
Section III B | 327 |
Section III C | 336 |
Section III D | 350 |
Section III E | 362 |
Section III F | 369 |
Section III G | 379 |
Section III H | 391 |
Section III I | 399 |