A 15-year-old football player is tackled during a game, and the epiphyseal plate of the left femur is damaged (figure 6.16). What are the results of such an injury, and why is recovery difficult?

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This is a case from the Seeley, Stephens and Tate Anatomy and Physiology, 6th Edition
A 15-year-old football player is tackled
during a game, and the epiphyseal plate of
the left femur is damaged (figure 6.16).
What are the results of such an injury, and
why is recovery difficult?
Diaphyris
of lemur
Fractured
eplphyseal
plate
Eplphysia
Joint
cavity
Epiphyseal
plate
Diaphysis
of tibla
Figure 6.16 Fracture of the Epiphyseal Plate
Radlograph of an adolescent's knee. The femur (thighbone) s separated from
the tibla (leg bane) by a Jolnt cavíty. The eplphysenl plate of the femur is
fractured, thereby separating the diaphysis from the epiphysis.
Transcribed Image Text:This is a case from the Seeley, Stephens and Tate Anatomy and Physiology, 6th Edition A 15-year-old football player is tackled during a game, and the epiphyseal plate of the left femur is damaged (figure 6.16). What are the results of such an injury, and why is recovery difficult? Diaphyris of lemur Fractured eplphyseal plate Eplphysia Joint cavity Epiphyseal plate Diaphysis of tibla Figure 6.16 Fracture of the Epiphyseal Plate Radlograph of an adolescent's knee. The femur (thighbone) s separated from the tibla (leg bane) by a Jolnt cavíty. The eplphysenl plate of the femur is fractured, thereby separating the diaphysis from the epiphysis.
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