Broken & Healing - Human Development Reference
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Development - Human Bone and Their Growth: Broken & Healing Bones
Identification of Skeletal Evidence
Skeletons as Forensic Evidence
Healing and broken bones will exhibit a thickened area at the site where the bone healed. This area is called the external callus. This can be useful in terms of determining whether a broken bone in a child is an example of an isolated incident, or a pattern of long term abuse.
Note: the calluses
Compression fracture. Note the callus on the external view (Left)
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