Chapter 7 Discussion

DUE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6TH AT 12PM EST

Ben and Jared were on a three-day hike in the mountains when the accident happened. They were backpacking peacefully along a trail, happy that they’d found time to fit in this short vacation, when Ben fell. Part of the trail near a small ridge broke away, and Ben slipped down a small but steep slope. He rolled a few times before coming to rest at the bottom of the slope. Jared carefully made his way down the slope to check on his friend. Ben was conscious, but a bit stunned. He must have hit a rock on the way down since his face was somewhat worse for wear. The left side of his face was already showing signs of bad bruising, and Jared suspected he might have broken some bones. The area starting from Ben’s cheekbone and extending back toward his ear looked to be in bad shape, as did the region extending downward from his ear into his jaw.

Luckily, Jared had brought along his cell phone and miraculously had service. He called for help and the medical personnel he reached were very glad to find out he was an A&P student. They asked him to describe the locations of any potentially broken bones in as much detail as possible, so they could estimate the severity of the injuries and plan an appropriate response.

Questions

1. Name at least three bones that could be broken in Ben’s face. Defend your choices by matching your answers to specific aspects of the descriptions of Ben’s injuries.

2. In order to provide the medical personnel with even more detailed information on the

injury locations, identify at least three bone surface markings that—given the information above—might represent the locations of the breaks.