Who needs an osteologist? (Installment 49)

This latest entry in 'Who needs an osteologist?' was sent in by grad student Mar Vergara Martín, who happened to be looking for information on ulnar avulsion fractures and came across this WikiHow page on how to classify a radial fracture:

Mmmmm, nope.

It also says, "Distinguish the radius from the ulna. The radius is the larger of the two forearm bones. When the palm of the hand faces forward, the radius is the outer bone." Sure, the radius is larger at the wrist. But that last sentence is... very confusing. Couldn't they just have said the radius is the one near the thumb?

Also, I realize the bones depicted are the tibia/fibula and not the radius/ulna, but if the arm actually was in this position, the forearm bones would be crossed (that's why standard anatomical position is palm-up, to uncross those bones).

Now, most of us wouldn't trust WikiHow to help us diagnose a fracture (and I sincerely HOPE a medical doctor wouldn't either), but still...

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Previous Installments of Who needs an osteologist?

• Runner's World needs an osteologist.
• London's Science Museum needs an osteologist.
• Roman Bath needs an osteologist.
• The Education Center needs an osteologist.
• The Science Channel needs an osteologist.
• Museo delta Antica needs an osteologist.
• Usborn publishers needs an osteologist.
• DK Publishing needs an osteologist.
• Corvin Castle needs an osteologist.
• Loch Ness needs an osteologist.
• Giant Screen Films/IMAX needs an osteologist.
• The National Museum in Copenhagen and the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo need an osteologist.
• The American Anthropological Association needs an osteologist.
• Greensboro Science Center needs an osteologist.
• Scholastic News needs an osteologist.
• From Darkness on the BBC needs an osteologist.
• The Iraqi National Museum needs an osteologist.
• Halloween stores need an osteologist.
• The New York Times needs an osteologist.
• Morgan's Cove needs an osteologist.
• Dunstable Baptist Church needs an osteologist.
• Once again, Bones needs an osteologist.
• Tampa Bay History Center needs an osteologist.
• The Archaeological Museum of the Castle of Santo Anton needs an osteologist.
• The Gruppo Archeologico della Val Nure needs an osteologist.
• Polish archaeologists at the site of Kamien Pomorski need an osteologist.
• Kathy Reichs needs an osteologist.
• The South Florida Science Center and Aquarium needs an osteologist.
• GitHub needs an osteologist.
• The Telegraph needs an osteologist.
• University Museum in Chieti-Pescara needs an osteologist.
• NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences needs an osteologist.
• Huffington Post and the Mars Rover need an osteologist.
• PBS and Richard III need an osteologist.
• Abbot House Museum needs an osteologist.
• The Zanjan Museum needs an osteologist.
• National Geographic Channel's "Nazi War Diggers" needs an osteologist.
• BBC/NOVA needs an osteologist.
• The Penn Museum needs an osteologist.
• National Geographic needs an osteologist.
• Acura needs an osteologist.
• The "African" woman in Fairford, England, needs an osteologist.
• Museo delle Grotte needs an osteologist.
• Either NPR or Yale needs an osteologist.
• Yorkshire Museum needs an osteologist.
• Staffordshire University needs an osteologist.
• And, of course, Bones needs an osteologist.