As you examine the rest of the skeleton, you notice an S-shaped bone that appears to have been fractured prior to death. This bone likely was fractured due to a fall on the outstretched hand. What bone is it?

a. clavicle
b. metacarpal
c. rib
d. phalanx


a. clavicle

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