humerus bone showing lower end t-shape fracture

Object numberGC.4799
Titlehumerus bone showing lower end t-shape fracture
DescriptionHumerus, distal extremity of an adult left, showing a comminuted fracture. Removed by excision on account of the injury. An irregular fissure traverses the humerus from the lateral epicondyle to the junction of the articular surfaces of the capitulum and the trochlea and thence ascends through the coronoid fossa and transversely to the medial epicondyle which is broken off. this fracture reaches the articular surface a vertical fissure extends through the lateral portion of the trochlea.
Object nameBONE, humerus
Object categoryAnatomical, specimen
Dimensions
- Height: 8 cm
Width: 10 cm
Depth: 6 cm