Absence of Skin in Third-Degree Burns & Skeletal Mass and Fractures

Part A
Patients with third-degree burns demonstrate the loss of vital functions performed by the skin.

1. What are the two most important problems encountered clinically with such patients? Explain each in terms of the absence of skin.
   

Part B

1. During what period of life does skeletal mass increase dramatically? Begin to decline?
2. Why are fractures most common in elderly individuals?
3. Why are greenstick fractures most common in children?