Broken Bones: Anthropological Analysis of Blunt Force TraumaAlison Galloway |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 77
Page 58
Anthropological Analysis of Blunt Force Trauma Alison Galloway. trauma includes only those fractures by impact and not by deformation of the bone secondary to impact . Direct trauma produces a range of injuries from tapping injuries to ...
Anthropological Analysis of Blunt Force Trauma Alison Galloway. trauma includes only those fractures by impact and not by deformation of the bone secondary to impact . Direct trauma produces a range of injuries from tapping injuries to ...
Page 68
... impact site itself and fracture will occur at that point . The principle is " the higher the velocity and the small- er the mass of the object the more likely is a depressed fracture " ( Rogers 1992 : 303 ) . Depressed fractures in the ...
... impact site itself and fracture will occur at that point . The principle is " the higher the velocity and the small- er the mass of the object the more likely is a depressed fracture " ( Rogers 1992 : 303 ) . Depressed fractures in the ...
Page 307
... impact force , the size of the impact area and the thickness of the skull at various points . Small impactors focus energy at the impact site causing the depressed fracture or skull perforation , whereas a larger object distributes the ...
... impact force , the size of the impact area and the thickness of the skull at various points . Small impactors focus energy at the impact site causing the depressed fracture or skull perforation , whereas a larger object distributes the ...
Contents
Chapter | 5 |
The Role of the Forensic Anthropologist in Trauma Analysis | 13 |
Summary | 31 |
Copyright | |
11 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
adults ankle anthropologist articular surface associated avulsion fractures blunt force trauma body Bone and Joint calcaneus cause cervical classification clavicle Clinical comminuted fractures common condyle cortical bone cranial vault damage depressed fractures deSouza diaphysis DiMaio and DiMaio direct blows dislocation displacement distal extensive femoral femur fibula flexion foot forearm forensic forensic anthropologist frac Fracture Figure fracture line fracture patterns fractures occur fragment frontal head humerus hyperextension impact individual involve Joint Surgery Journal of Bone Jupiter lateral ligaments linear fractures lumbar maxilla mechanism of injury medial medial malleolus metacarpal metatarsal motor vehicle accidents neck oblique fractures olecranon pelvic ring perimortem phalanges portion posterior produced proximal radial radius region relatively result rib fractures Rogers rotation scaphoid scapular Schatzker shaft fractures shearing Skeletal Trauma skull soft tissue spine spiral supracondylar fractures tibia tion Trafton transverse fracture tubercle tures Type ulna vertebrae vertical victim Watson-Jones 1941