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Page 43
... calcium and trace element reserve for the body . The cells within the bone
tissue must be nourished and waste products removed and the medullary cavity
must be supported . Blood vessels and nerves must pass along or through the
bone .
... calcium and trace element reserve for the body . The cells within the bone
tissue must be nourished and waste products removed and the medullary cavity
must be supported . Blood vessels and nerves must pass along or through the
bone .
Page 131
In some individuals there is a supracondylar process on the anteromedial aspect
of the distal humerus that arches over the median nerve and brachial artery . It is
usually located 5 - 7 cm above the medial epicondyle and may be 2 – 20 mm in ...
In some individuals there is a supracondylar process on the anteromedial aspect
of the distal humerus that arches over the median nerve and brachial artery . It is
usually located 5 - 7 cm above the medial epicondyle and may be 2 – 20 mm in ...
Page 307
Other tissues such as nerves and blood vessels are relatively fragile and subject
to rupture from tensile strains . If the impact is such that it causes the
displacement of a fractured plate of bone inward , there is a considerable amount
of shear ...
Other tissues such as nerves and blood vessels are relatively fragile and subject
to rupture from tensile strains . If the impact is such that it causes the
displacement of a fractured plate of bone inward , there is a considerable amount
of shear ...
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Contents
Preface | 5 |
The Biomechanics of Fracture Production | 35 |
Introduction and the Skull | 69 |
Copyright | |
8 other sections not shown
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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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