You and your twin sister, both 18 years of age, were in a car accident. She had a clean break across the humerus and the upper arm bone-no bleeding, no break in the skin. However, you have a very messy break of the distal tibia in the lower leg, requiring pins to be inserted. Which statement is true regarding the differences in your break and your sister's break?
A) Your damage is called a fracture, whereas hers is called a break.
B) You will be given antibiotics to reduce bacterial infection, whereas your sister will not.
C) Your break will not heal whereas her fracture will heal fine.
D) Since her fracture did not penetrate through skin, it will not show up on an X-ray, whereas yours will.
E) You are given calcium to take but your sister is not.
B) You will be given antibiotics to reduce bacterial infection, whereas your sister will not.
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