During a mountain biking accident, your 45 year old sister and her excitable 14 year old daughter each suffered a broken arm. Your sister sustained a compound (open) mid-shaft humeral fracture and was treated with open reduction & internal fixation using a plate & screws. Your niece sustained a simple ulnar fracture and was treated with closed reduction and a cast. After their 6 week follow-up visit, your niece says "Compared to mom, my arm doesn't even looked healed, it has a big bump on it in the x-ray picture!" and exclaims its unfair her arm remains in a "clumsy cast!". Based on concepts you have learned about bone fracture and healing and fracture repair, explain to your niece 1) the process of healing that has occurred in her fracture since her accident; and 2) why there are differences on her x-ray compared to her mom's. Please use terminology AND Your ability to explain their meanings in words a 14 year old can understand
During a mountain biking accident, your 45 year old sister and her excitable 14 year old daughter each suffered a broken arm. Your sister sustained a compound (open) mid-shaft humeral fracture and was treated with open reduction & internal fixation using a plate & screws. Your niece sustained a simple ulnar fracture and was treated with closed reduction and a cast. After their 6 week follow-up visit, your niece says "Compared to mom, my arm doesn't even looked healed, it has a big bump on it in the x-ray picture!" and exclaims its unfair her arm remains in a "clumsy cast!". Based on concepts you have learned about bone fracture and healing and fracture repair, explain to your niece 1) the process of healing that has occurred in her fracture since her accident; and 2) why there are differences on her x-ray compared to her mom's. Please use terminology AND Your ability to explain their meanings in words a 14 year old can understand
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Transcribed Image Text:During a mountain biking accident, your 45 year old sister and her excitable 14 year old
daughter each suffered a broken arm. Your sister sustained a compound (open) mid-shaft humeral fracture and was treated with
open reduction & internal fixation using a plate & screws. Your niece sustained a simple ulnar fracture and was treated with closed
reduction and a cast.
After their 6 week follow-up visit, your niece says "Compared to mom, my arm doesn't even looked healed, it has a big bump on it in
the x-ray picture!" and exclaims its unfair her arm remains in a "clumsy cast!".
Based on concepts you have learned about bone fracture and healing and fracture repair, explain to your niece
1) the process of healing that has occurred in her fracture since her accident; and
2) why there are differences on her x-ray compared to her mom's.
Please use terminology AND your ability to explain their meanings in words a 14 year old can understand.
Use only one page to answer).
Explain Process of Healing in Daughter's Healing Fracture
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