Anatomy & Physiology › Section F · Bone tissue › Topic F.4
Fractures and bone repair
Bone is one of the few tissues that can heal by regenerating itself rather than by forming a scar. Following a fracture from the first bleed to the final remodelling shows the bone cells and ossification processes of earlier topics working together on a deadline.
In this topic
- What a fracture is
- Open, closed, complete and incomplete
- Fracture patterns
- Worked example: naming a fracture
- Why some fractures are serious
- Repair, stage 1: the fracture hematoma
- Repair, stage 2: the soft callus
- Repair, stage 3: the bony callus
- Repair, stage 4: remodelling
- Worked example: matching findings to stages
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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