HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Femur Neck, Adductor Tubercle Of Femur, Bone Marrow
23 Mar 2017
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Discuss all features related to bone and joint anatomy that would have been involved in an injury in this region of the body. She has an impacted fracture (circled) a fracture in the neck would affect the: The femur articulates with the coxal bone (head), the tibia (medial and lateral condyles), and the patella (patellar groove). Sites of muscle attachment are the greater and lesser trochanters and the adductor tubercle. Sites of ligament attachment are the lateral and medial epicondyles. Could be lacking inorganic composition of the matrix (the mineral component = compressive (weight bearing) strength) Epiphyseal plate (hyaline cartilage) at end of long bone (where the neck fracture is) It is longer and narrower than the neck of the humerus, therefore we see increased fracture incidents at the femur neck than humerus neck - thus, grandma"s incident was actually partially due to the design/architecture of the femur. Osteoclasts deficiency; no healing = unable to remodel bone (no resorption)
