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A 12 y/o boy got a bone fracture in his right arm from running and falling…
A 12 y/o boy got a bone fracture in his right arm from running and falling forward. His right elbow is broken and part of the in the upper arm is protruding. There are fragments of the bone in the wound. The child is lactose intolerant and only eats junk food.
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Upstream Causes
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indirect
bones are weak from not enough calcium and nutrients, making it easy for bones to break
Background Info
How bones form, grow, and remodel
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Remodel
bone deposit
function of osteoblasts, osteoblasts deposit new bone matrix
bone resorption
function of osteoclasts, osteoclasts break down bone tissue
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Long bone anatomy
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compact and spongey bone
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spongey bone: made up of small, needle like or flat pieces of bone called trabeculae
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