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Blunt Injury (foreign object fall) Injury to tibia/ Fracture b leeding from damaged ends of bone & from

surrounding tissu e hematoma (w/in medullary canal, b/w the fractured ends of bone & beneath periosteum) bone tissue adjacent the fracture imme diately dies stimulates intense inflamm atory response (vasodilation, exudation of plasma & leukocytes, growth factors & mast cells that simultaneously decalcify the fractured bone ends) increased capillary permeability fluid/cellular exuda tion Edema Pain (compression pf nerve endings) impaired function

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