Which is the bone people break most often and why?
Clavicle (collarbone) is the most common injury. This is mainly because of where it is (shoulder). The bone itself is not as thick as the others around your deltoids and takes a majority of impact when a collision occurs. Generally in contact sports the upper body hits the ground first (e.g. rugby tackle, that's how I broke mine). All you need is to land on the wrong angle, have enough inertia or a mass of weight fall on top of your shoulder and you have a broken clavicle. Hope this helped
Why do some people's bones break easily?
Some people’s bones are brittle because they developed osteoporosis. But this can be prevented by bioidentical hormone replacement when a hormone test shows low estrogen in a menopausal woman or low testosterone in man in andropause. But apart from this, it is important to take certain bone friendly supplements: calcium about 1000 mg once per day, vitamin K2 (100 micrograms twice per day) and vitamin D3 (starting at 5000 IU once per day) and increasing until the hydroxy vitamin D level in the blood is in the 40 to 80 ng/ml range. In my case, I am a slow vitamin D3 absorber. I need 10,000 IU of vitamin D3 and my level is in the 40 to 80 ng/ml range. At this vitamin D level and with the vitamin K2 in place all the calcium that is absorbed from food will travel through the arteries without being deposited into the arterial walls. Together with vitamin D3 and with the help of vitamin K2 calcium is deposited into bone. These supplements prevent hardening of the arteries, prevent heart attacks and strokes. But they ensure that bone is fully calcified and has full strength. People who take these supplements will not get bone fractures easily. Their bone density is normal.ConclusionWhen you replace missing hormones with bioidentical hormones and you take the supplements indicated (calcium, vitamin D3 and vitamin K2) your bones will stay normal until a ripe old age. Your bone will not break easily. And your bone density will be normal.More info: http://www.askdrray.com/calcium-...
Which bone in the human body do humans break most often and why?
The most commonly broken bones are the clavicles. They are thin, and can’t take much of an impact.WikipediaThen are the forearm bones, the radius and ulna, and the wrist.Image found on GoogleA common cause of all of the above fractures are from falling and catching yourself on your hands and arms. Sometimes the shock is more than the bones can handle.Hips are more commonly fractured in elderly people, especially women.Image found on Google.A hip fracture is actually a femur fracture that occurs near the hip joint. They are mostly caused by falls, landing on bones that are weakened by osteoporosis.
What are the easiest bones to break and why?
Any bone can be broken easily provided to requirements are fulfilled1. Either provide a high energy blow to the bone which it cannot bear and break( e.g all the high energy trauma caused by falls,fights, RTAs, MVAs etc) or..2. Make the bone sufficiently weak so it cannot even bear a trivial force(e,g osteoporosis,osteomalacia,osteogenesis imperfecta,cola drinking, steroid intake,smoking,decreased calcium intake etc).I don't know about your intentions yet, but if you really want to break someones bone ,break ULNA. It is a bone that is very superficial and obvious for quite a length. Just first let him know that you are going to hit him so that he folds his forearm to save his face and then hit him hard enough on the forearm. Probably the bone you are going to hit is ULNA. The fracture you are going to cause him is a Night Stick fracture.Same thing can be done with Tibia and ClavicleSpeaking of clavicle and to answer your question.Clavicle or the collar bone is the most commonest bone to fracture. Its very obvious and subcutaneous. It is formed intramembranously like skull bones ,facial bones,scapula contrary to other strong bones in the body which are formed by enchondral formation. clavicle is sinusodial like skull bones and mandible ,so easy to break.Other than clavicle Skull fractures are fairly easy . You just have to bang a hammer on the hear or even a glass jar would do itLast but not the least a misnomer Penile fractures are very very ubiquitous in men who are doing intercourse with a heavy girl in Cow girl position.;)P.SPenis is a bone in only few circumstances in human beings.But dogs and giraffes are found to have a bone in their penises
How do elderly people break their hips???
It was once thought that the elderly broke hips during trauma (like falling). Now, studies have shown that most fractures happen spontaneously. There is just degeneration of the neck of the femur or the hip socket itself, and the weight of the person simply becomes too great. Yes, elderly still break hips when falling. No particular type of fall is needed. The bone is just so weak and porous any pressure can cause it to break.
What bone do children break most often? What is the main cause?
Tibia, from falls.
Why do many elderly people die after breaking a hip?
As I understand it, the most usual cause of death is/was pneumonia.The mechanism was that in the days before modern treatment of fractures, the elderly person was confined to bed for several weeks to give the broken bone(s) a chance of knitting. When one is normally active, the activities of daily living enables us to clear our lungs. When we are lying on our back and inactive, these mechanisms do not work so well. Consequently, the lungs are prone to be attacked by nasty bugs. Add to this the facts that the patient’s immune system is not working the way it did when they were younger, they have just suffered major trauma with the fracture of a large bone and they are in a hospital which is a good source of nasties that can kill you.I lost one relative that way in her early nineties.A generation later, when another person of about the same age broke a hip, they were in the operating theatre within twenty-four hours to have the fracture pinned. A few hours of coming out of the anaesthetic they were being encouraged to stand and put some weight on the broken leg (with the assistance of mechanical aids) and the amount of exercise they were ‘encouraged’ to take increased by the day.After about six weeks of treatment and rehabilitation, they were discharged to their own home, and they are still living more than two years later.Another relative is a person with many years of nursing experience. Her days in a hospital included service in a ward where the first situation applied and she was astounded at the modern methods of treatment and their effectiveness.
Can bones break twice?
Bones can break twice. During bone healing the body lays down new bone “callous” during which the bone is still very fragile. Once the fracture is healed, a few months later, the bone is in deed slightly larger because of the callous around the fracture which has calcified. Therefore people think it is stronger. However, with time the bone remodels. Sometimes it is not possible to see a fracture on xray that happened years ago. Once the bone remodels, again years later, you have the same chances of breaking it as you did the first time. The only caveat to that is sometime you have a greater chance of rebreaking if the bone healed in a slightly bent position. A good example of this is a “boxers fracture” which is a fracture of the 5th metacarpal that people get from punching something.
Why do bones break easily on children?
Generally, they do not.Children's bones are not fully calcified so they often bend rather than break. Fractures in children come from specific types of forces different from what would typically cause fractures in an adult. These injuries often involve greater forces applied more suddenly than fractures seen in healthy adults.A good way to visualize this is to consider a green stick or sapling. Try to break the stick in half and you will notice that it bends and flexes rather than break. When enough force is applied at the correct angle, the sapling will start to fray at the edges. A similar pattern can be seen in long bone fractures of children.Radiologists are trained to examine fractures in children for signs of abuse and distinguish them from injuries sustained during normal activity.