Broken Bones: Anthropological Analysis of Blunt Force TraumaAlison Galloway |
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... involved is essential , with the basic principle being that the less unified the bones on each side of the suture are to each other , the greater the chance that a fracture will be prop- agated along the suture rather than across it ...
... involved is essential , with the basic principle being that the less unified the bones on each side of the suture are to each other , the greater the chance that a fracture will be prop- agated along the suture rather than across it ...
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... involved in sports and independent or minimally supervised activities . As with the elderly , the most frequent location of radial fractures is in the distal third and frequency decreases toward the proximal end of the forearm . In ...
... involved in sports and independent or minimally supervised activities . As with the elderly , the most frequent location of radial fractures is in the distal third and frequency decreases toward the proximal end of the forearm . In ...
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... involved . Blows to the top of the foot often result in a series of fractures across multiple metatarsals ( Heckman 1984 ; deSouza 1992b ) . Given the staggered arrangement of the metatarsals , a fracture on the distal shaft of the ...
... involved . Blows to the top of the foot often result in a series of fractures across multiple metatarsals ( Heckman 1984 ; deSouza 1992b ) . Given the staggered arrangement of the metatarsals , a fracture on the distal shaft of the ...
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