How easy is it for someone to break an elbow?....Also if you break an elbow is that the same thing as breaking an arm?
2007-03-04 10:21:14 · 3 answers · asked by pnkrockerkid 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
You didn't like my answer the first time?
I don't know how easy it is, but the elbow is actually a joint where the arm bones - humerus (upper arm) and the radius and ulna (forearm) - come together. So when you break your elbow, technically you are breaking either the distal end of the humerus or the proximal end of the radius or ulna, and these are your "arm" bones.
2007-03-04 10:26:27 · answer #1 · answered by RadTech - BAS RT(R)(ARRT) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can break your olecranon (the pointy tip of the elbow) which is technically still breaking your arm since all arm bones meet right there but at the doctor they will say that you broke your olecranon. I've broken my olecranon before and all I did was fall on my elbow (my arm was bent so i fell on the pointy tip) on some ice. It's actually pretty hard to break your elbow that way though because the bone is very thick right there. It's much easier to break your arm (one of the arm bones that meets in the elbow) by falling on an outstretched hand. If you fall on an outstretched hand and it twists and you fall hard enough you can break your radius and it go all the way up to where it meets the humerous. Well, hope that I was of some help!
2007-03-04 18:59:49 · answer #2 · answered by katie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably very easy if you have osteoporosis....your elbow is part of your arm......I thought!
2007-03-04 23:15:15 · answer #3 · answered by Jan W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋