Fractures are caused by direct blows, crushing forces, sudden twisting motions, and even extreme muscle contractions. The femur, or thigh bone, is the only bone in the thigh. It is the heaviest, strongest bone in the body.
Fractures are caused by direct blows, crushing forces, sudden twisting motions, and even extreme muscle contractions. The femur, or thigh bone, is the only bone in the thigh. It is the heaviest, strongest bone in the body.
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Fractures are caused by direct blows, crushing forces, sudden twisting motions, and even extreme muscle contractions. The femur, or thigh bone, is the only bone in the thigh. It is the heaviest, strongest bone in the body.
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Hip Fracture A fracture is a break in the continuity of bone and is defined according to its type and extent. Fractures occur when the bone is subjected to stress greater that it can absorb. Fractures are caused by direct blows, crushing forces, sudden twisting motions, and even extreme muscle contractions. When the bone is broken, adjacent structures are also affected, resulting in soft tissue edema, hemorrhage into the muscles and joints, joint dislocation, ruptured tendons, severed nerves, and damaged blood vessels. Body organs maybe injured by the force that cause the fracture or by the fracture fragments. There are different types of fractures and these include, complete fracture, incomplete fracture, closed fracture, open fracture and there are also types of fractures that may also be described according to the anatomic placement of fragments, particularly if they are displaced or non displaced. Such as greenstick fracture, depressed fracture, oblique fracture, avulsion, spinal fracture, impacted fracture, transverse fracture and compression fracture. A comminuted fracture is one that produces several bone fragments and a closed fracture or simple fracture is one that not cause a break in the skin. Comminuted fracture at the Right Femoral Neck is a fracture in which bones of the Right Femoral Neck has splintered to several fragments. . There are two major types of hip fracture. Intracapsular fractures are fractures of the neck of the femur, Extracapsular fracture are fractures of the trochanteric region and of the subtrocanteric region. Fractures of the neck of the femur may damage the vascular system that supplies blood to the head and the neck of the femur, and the bone may die. Many older adults experience hip fracture that student nurse need to insure recovery and to attend their special need efficiently and effectively. True the knowledge of this condition, a high quality of care will be provided to those people suffering from it. The femur, or thigh bone, is the only bone in the thigh. It is the heaviest, strongest bone in the body. Its proximal end has a ball-like head, a neck, and greater and lesser trochanters (separrsted anteriorly by the intertrochanteric line and posteriorly by the intertrochanteric crest). The trochanters, intertrochanteric crest and the gluteal tuberosity, located on the shaft, all serve us sites for muscle attachment. The head of the femur articulates with acetabulum of the hip bone in a deep, secure socket. However, the neck of the femur is a common fracture site, especially in old age. The femur slants medially as it runs downward to joint with the leg bones; this brings the knees in line which the body’s center of gravity. The medial course of the femur is more noticeable in females because of the wider female pelvis. Distally on the femur are the lateral and medial condytes, which articulates the tibia below.