The bones of children will even follow a greenstick fracture pattern.

"She's vulnerable only to greenstick fracture of the emotion," he thought.

The greenstick fracture pattern occurs as a result of bending forces.

He felt the splintered ends of the greenstick fracture grind together.

The result is then a nasty looking and virtually impossible to repair greenstick fracture.

A greenstick fracture occurs due to mechanical failure on the tension side.

Greenstick fracture: A child's bone bends and cracks, but doesn't break.

Greenstick fractures usually occur most often during infancy and childhood when bones are soft.

There are three basic forms of greenstick fracture.

It's possible that you can get through life without even a greenstick fracture, but do you know anyone who's done it?"

Greenstick fracture: an incomplete fracture in which the bone is bent.

In children, whose bones are still developing, there are risks of either a growth plate injury or a greenstick fracture.

"Greenstick fracture of the ulna, Commander; that's this forearm-bone here.

Firstly, the supraorbital bar is remodelled by a wired greenstick fracture to straighten it.

The bone is still more malleable and can be remodelled relatively 'simply' by greenstick fractures of the bone.

Evidence for greenstick fractures found in the fossil record is studied by paleopathologists, specialists in ancient disease and injury.

If the damaged part is only partly fractured, e.g., a greenstick fracture, the buddy wrapping method may also be used.

Greenstick fractures are common radiological diagnoses.

Greenstick fractures (willow breaks) have been reported in fossils of the large carnivorous dinosaur Allosaurus fragilis.

My right arm had whipped around behind me when I went down, and I had sustained a nasty greenstick fracture of the forearm.

A greenstick fracture is a fracture in a young, soft bone in which the bone bends and partially breaks.

A greenstick fracture of the ulna was visible but the injury was so well healed that the splint and bandage were superfluous.

In the direct view the flesh appeared to melt away from the bone, showing a ragged break much like a greenstick fracture, with little chips floating around it.

However, whatever form the 'standard' takes, you must realize that the lofted shape increases the sail effect and makes it prone to wind damage and greenstick fracture.

Some clinical features of a greenstick fracture are similar to those of a standard long bone fracture- greenstick fractures normally cause pain at the injured area.