Broken Bones: Anthropological Analysis of Blunt Force TraumaAlison Galloway |
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... Increasing the mineral com- ponent also increases the stiffness of bone and allows it to better resist com- pression . Decreasing the proportion of mineral content in bone increases its bendability . The modulus varies by the type of ...
... Increasing the mineral com- ponent also increases the stiffness of bone and allows it to better resist com- pression . Decreasing the proportion of mineral content in bone increases its bendability . The modulus varies by the type of ...
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... increases , the linear relationship between the stress and strain is lost and small subsequent increases in the stress ... increased modulus means that the bone becomes brittle and the ultimate strain is decreased . Loading that is rapid ...
... increases , the linear relationship between the stress and strain is lost and small subsequent increases in the stress ... increased modulus means that the bone becomes brittle and the ultimate strain is decreased . Loading that is rapid ...
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... increasing thickness of the remaining trabecular struts . The decreased bone mass increases susceptibility to fracture , often from minimal or no trauma . As healthy trabecular bone collapses , broken trabeculae fill the pores between ...
... increasing thickness of the remaining trabecular struts . The decreased bone mass increases susceptibility to fracture , often from minimal or no trauma . As healthy trabecular bone collapses , broken trabeculae fill the pores between ...
Contents
Chapter | 5 |
The Role of the Forensic Anthropologist in Trauma Analysis | 13 |
Summary | 31 |
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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