2006-09-22 10:53:14 · 4 answers · asked by tat212des 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
A greenstick fracture. Kids bones are very pliable and usually do not break all the way through. Hence the name greenstick (try breaking a very green stick from a tree). You'll see it bends and breaks partially but, not all the way through.
2006-09-22 12:18:35 · answer #1 · answered by Ziva 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is the most common type, not the most common location. The more common types in children are fractures in flexible bones, or fractures through the growth plate of a bone. In the bone itself, there is one called a Torus fracture that is simply a small break in the cortex of the bone, or a greenstick fracture where only one half of the cortex breaks, just like bending a greenstick. The third is a slippage or a break in the growth plate, this type must be pinned. I hope this helps. Kids can break bones in any number of locations, it just depends on the activity or method of trauma.
2006-09-22 19:17:53 · answer #2 · answered by mr.answerman 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Supracondylar fracture of the humerus. It requires pinning and my daughter had this done. Your arm hyper extends causing the fracture.
2006-09-22 18:09:24 · answer #3 · answered by BONAD 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
humerus fracture would be my guess.
2006-09-22 17:58:42 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. CoCo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋