In: Anatomy and Physiology
Jimmy is in a car accident. He can't open his mouth and has been told that he suffers from the following: black eye, broken nose, broken cheek, broken upper jaw, damaged eye socket, and punctured lung. Describe exactly what structures have been affected by his car accident.
broken nose - nasal cartilage
broken cheek - Zygomatic bone fracture
broken upper jaw - maxilla
Eye socket - an orbital fracture which holds the eye in place in conjunction with ligaments and so on- this is where bruising underneath the eye occurred, causing the black eye/ damaged eye socket and broken cheek.