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Broken Bones Healing Themselves Alpha Adventure 1

Types of bone fractures : Prosscess of the Healing :

-Closed Fracture, Broken but not injured -Iflammation, provides the structure
to the skin. and framework for producing the new
bone.
-Open (Compound) Fracture, Broken
and comes out of the skin. -Bone Production, the soft callus is
replaced with the hard bone which
-Incomplete fracture, Not broken all the will later on become the bone.
way.
-Bone Remodeling, makes the bone
-Complete Fracture, when it breaks into harder and stronger then is finished.
2 complete pieces.

-Stress Fracture, develops over time


when repeated to the same bone.

-Greenstick fracture, Sometimes


through kids bone will bend and only
break part of the way through.

Vitamins and food that can help


when healing a broken bone :
Facts :
-Vitamin C, adds a new formation to the
-Your body is working hard to repair a
bone.
broken bone from the moment the
injury occurs.
-Vitamin D, this mineral provides
strengh and hardness to the bone.
-When a bone breaks, your body
automaticly has a plan for fixing it.
-Vitamin K, Has the ability to interact
with a number of protiens.
-When a bone breaks, the bone has
an ability to make a temporary bone
-Milk, or soya milk is able to help heal
called callus, over time it is
the bone to become stronger.
strengthened with calcium and
phosphorous.
-Fruits and vegtables, adds calcium to
the bone.
-One thing that is amazing about
them is that they heal themselves.
-Diary Products, are excellent for
helping
-Immediatly after the fracture, the
bone produces new tissue that binds
How can a bone break ? :
with the seperated bone.
-When there is too much stress placed
-This tissue which is soft at first
on a bone, like when you land akwardly
eventually hardens, and the bone
on a hard surface, the bone my break or
becomes whole again.
snap.
-Did you know that the bone acctually
What are fractures and broken
ends up harder than when it started
bones ? :
out.
- A fracture is a medical condition when Credits:
continuity of the bone is broken. Livestrong, Duck Duck Go, BrainPOP, Google
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