When a person has an accident that results in a broken arm that snaps the humerus in two near the elbow,
A) the person has injured his axial skeleton.
B) membranous bone has been injured.
C) the impact is on a part of the appendicular skeleton.
D) cancellous bone has broken but no compact bone has broken.
E) the break was closer to a hinge joint than a pivot joint.

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The humerus is a bone of the appendicular skeleton, which includes the limbs and girdles that attach them to the axial skeleton. Additionally, the fact that the break occurs near the elbow indicates that it is in the region of the upper limb, further supporting that the bone is part of the appendicular skeleton.

When a Person Has an Accident That Results in a Broken