FRACTURE

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Definition of Fracture

Fracture: A fracture is a break in the continuity of the bone. 

Etiology

=Motor Vehicle Accident

=Fall

=Direct blow to the bone or an indirect force from muscle contraction

=Sports

=Vigorous Exercise

=Malnutrition

=Bone Diseases like Osteoporosis

Skeleton

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The Upper Limb

-The upper limb consists of the arm (brachium), forearm (antebrachium), and hand (manus)

-Thirty-seven bones form the skeletal framework of each upper limb

Arm

-The humerus is the sole bone of the arm

-It articulates with the scapula at the shoulder, and the radius and ulna at the elbow

===Major markings

=Proximal humerus includes the head, anatomical and surgical necks, greater and lesser tubercles, and the intertubercular groove

=Distal humerus includes the capitulum, trochlea, medial and lateral epicondyles, and the
=coronoid and olecranon fossae

Medial portion includes the radial groove and the deltoid process