This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Miscellaneous, Subject name: Surgery
Green stick fracture is seen in? 
Select and explain. 
A. Children, B. Older persons, C. Immunocompromised persons, D. Females
A: Children
Answer: A: Children 
Explanation: (A) Children # Partial or Greenstick fracture. Bones in young people are very flexible. They bend and then may buckle or partially break, instead of breaking cleanly when overloaded (as bones in adults do). One characteristic of a greenstick fracture is that there may be a discontinuity in one cortex of the bone, but not in the other.