APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Fracture rate peaks from 11-15 years of age, the time when children have a pubertal growth spurt and the amount of minerals needed to keep bones strong often can’t keep up with how fast the bones are growing.

Detailed explanation-2: -If a fracture goes through a growth plate, it can result in a shorter or crooked limb. A growth plate fracture affects the layer of growing tissue near the ends of a child’s bones. Growth plates are the softest and weakest sections of the skeleton-sometimes even weaker than surrounding ligaments and tendons.