The health care professional is caring for a person who has a pathologic fracture. The patient asks the professional to explain the condition. What response by the professional is best?
◦ The outer surface of the bone is disrupted, but the inside is intact.
◦ A stable fracture where the cortex of the bone bends but doesn’t break.
◦ A fracture that happens at the site of an abnormality already in that bone.
◦ It was caused by the cumulative effects of stress on the bone over time.