ANTHROP 3FA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Spa, Ballistic Trauma, Ulna
24 Oct 2014
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Apr 2/4nd, 2013: can result in tissue death and if duration is long enough, bone can also respond to this. Can be caused by: repetitive stress, underlying disease/congenital condition weaken bone, acute injury. African americans living in northern areas get less vitamin d (skin melatonin blocks it) and can. Traumatic event that caused a type of fracture: there are forces of fractures, but in forensic cases, we are trying to figure out the type of fracture. Complete fractures: bone is fractured in 2+ pieces. Total separation: transverse fracture: cuts through the bone horizontally, oblique: cuts through the bone on more of an angle, twisting forces. Spiral: bone twists around on itself and you get an angled fracture that moves around the shaft of the bone: torsion, compression forces, comminuted: very complicated. Multiple fragments: in this case, someone would need to have a pin placed. Segmental: multiple pieces but they aren"t shattered like in comminuted.
