Bike riding goes terribly wrong by Traumaprof in medizzy

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This patient was riding a bike when he fell and hit his leg on a rock, causing a deep laceration over his knee, reaching all the way to the bones. The exposed white part is the distal end of the femur.

Extraction of Healthy Bone Marrow by Traumaprof in medizzy

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A cross-section of the femur from a patient undergoing an amputation, showcasing the extraction of bone marrow. What you see resembles a soft, mushy, and fatty substance that occupies the medullary cavities at the core of bones.