Most people have had the unfortunate experience of breaking one of the bones their body. There are certain bones in the body that seem to break more easily than other. There are also, bones that are so rarely broke, many people don’t even realize they can actually be broken. Here are 5 bones you didn’t know you could break.

For the record, a broken bone is called a fracture. A broken bone can be anything from a hairline fracture in the bone to a complete break of the bone.

While almost any bone can be broken with the right amount of force placed on it, many bones that are not so commonly broken, can be broken during everyday life activities, and the following 5 bones you didn’t know you could break are among them.

The Scapula – The scapula is more commonly known as the shoulder bone. Although this implies the shoulder bone is only a single bone, it is actually made up of three bones. So if someone says they broke their shoulder bone it could be anyone of the three bones. It is almost unheard of for a person to break all three of these bones, but it has happened. Of the three bones, it’s the shoulder blade, the flat bone that sits behind the rib cage that is the hardest of the three to break. It you should be hit dead-center on this bone there is a likelihood that it would break, but it would require the force of say, a Mac truck or a locomotive.

The Pelvic Bone – Like the scapula bone, the pelvic bone is made up of three main bones; the ilium, the ischium and the pubis bone. The pelvic bone protects some of the major organs of the body. Maybe that’s why it was designed to be so hard to break. It is very uncommon to break a pelvis, but when it does happen it is treated very seriously. This is because if broken it could damage those very vital organs it was designed to protect.

The Temporal Bone – The temporal bone is part of the structure of the inner ear. Even though this little bone seems to be hidden within the ear and therefore protected, it is still susceptible to breakage. This is probably the most uncommon of the 5 bones you didn’t know you could break. This is because a break in the temporal bone is usually the result of some form of traumatic blunt force trauma to the head. As such, the focus is accordingly placed on the other injuries that occurred with the trauma. Complications associated with this injury are infection, hearing loss, and facial nerve damage.

The Zygomatic Bone – The zygomatic bone, more commonly called the cheek bone is extremely hard to fracture. In fact, without a high-velocity impact, one could almost say the cheek bone can’t be broken. The complications from this injury can be quite severe and range from deformities of the face to internal injuries in the cranium. A thorough exam of the head and neck are imperative if the cheek bone is broken because the extreme force that broke it could very well have done damage elsewhere.

The Occipital Bone – The occipital bone is located in the back of the head. It is extremely rare for this and the other bones surrounding it to be broken. Less than 10% all head injuries that result in bone fractures are fractures that occur on this region of the head.

And there you have it; 5 bones you didn’t know you could break.

Trudi Buck writes about how attend an online MRI school.

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