5 Mamy people mistakenly believe that the pelvis is fractured when one has a bro

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5 Mamy people mistakenly believe that the pelvis is fractured when one has a broken hip. What is actually fractueed in broken hip? Examine this stracture and compare is to the hones of the pelvis. Why you think it is more likcly to rscurs than the plis? 6 You are presented with the following X-ray from a six year-old child (Fig. 8.4) a Identify the bones in the X-ray b Your colleague thinks that there may be a fracture present at the ar row. What do you think? Is this a fracture or a normal anatomical feature? Explain. FIGURE 8.4 X-ray from six-yea 96 Exercises for the Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory

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5. In a broken hip the pelvis is not fractured. The bone that is fractured in a broken hip is the Femur. The upper part of the femur is more likely to be fractured in a broken hip.

The hip is formed when the Femur bone meets the three bones of the pelvis namely Ilium, Pubic Bone and the Ischium. These three bones form the Acetabulum which is a socket on the pelvis(outer part).

The hip bone contains onlya single bone that is the femur with no additional bones to protect it. Whereas the pelvis has three bones which converge to form a socket Acetabulum. This provides additional protection to the pelvis and the chances of fracturing the pelvis is lower than that of the hip bone.

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