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Page 43
Second , meeting the need of all these loading patterns , as well as other
functions invested in the skeleton , could require a bone which entailed some
serious limitations in function . Particularly vulnerable sites such as the femoral
neck would ...
Second , meeting the need of all these loading patterns , as well as other
functions invested in the skeleton , could require a bone which entailed some
serious limitations in function . Particularly vulnerable sites such as the femoral
neck would ...
Page 81
I The primary functions are enclosure of the torso , protection of the vital organs of
the chest and abdomen , weight - bearing in the spine ... This reflects their
function as well as critical differences in their morphology ( Figure 4 - 1 ) .
I The primary functions are enclosure of the torso , protection of the vital organs of
the chest and abdomen , weight - bearing in the spine ... This reflects their
function as well as critical differences in their morphology ( Figure 4 - 1 ) .
Page 94
This is the area of transition between the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae that differ
in their form , function and range of movement . The thoracic vertebrae have
articular facets that are flat and approximately oriented in the coronal plane .
This is the area of transition between the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae that differ
in their form , function and range of movement . The thoracic vertebrae have
articular facets that are flat and approximately oriented in the coronal plane .
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Contents
Preface | 5 |
The Biomechanics of Fracture Production | 35 |
Introduction and the Skull | 69 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Broken Bones: Anthropological Analysis of Blunt Force Trauma |
| Editor | Alison Galloway |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Charles C. Thomas, 1999 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 0398069921, 9780398069926 |
| Length | 371 pages |
| Subjects | › › Medical / Forensic Medicine Social Science / Anthropology / General |
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