ANT 3520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Blunt Trauma, Bone Healing, Hematoma
17 Feb 2016
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Trauma is a serious shock or injury to the body from a violent event or accident: trauma is associated with human activity, antemortem. Individual is alive and has time to heal from the injury. Evidenced by healed injury or signs of healing at time of death (evidence of vital response: injury may appear smooth or blunted, bone calluses may be present, possible alignment issues. Long bones can be corrected and casted; skull. Healing time for bone averages 4 to 6 weeks but can vary depending on: severity of the injury, location of the fracture, extent to which fracture can be immobilized. Bones that can be immobilized heal faster: blood supply. Bones that have good blood flow and ample blood supply heal quicker: age. Heal less well with age: overall health. Diseases that prevent blood flow, etc: lifestyle (smoking, drinking, activity, etc. , once a bone healing is complete, you cannot tell.
