Generally, an external fixator is mounted quite securely to the bone, and can withstand mild contact, any positioning of the body, and oftentimes even weightbearing immediately after surgery. In fact, it is often more comfortable to pick up the leg by grabbing the fixator, rather than holding the leg itself.he fixator is composed or one or more metal bars and rings, which in turn connect to a child via metal pins and wires. By gradually manipulating the fixator on the outside, we can carefully control the position of the bones and joints on the inside.
Habitat and Distribution. Pin this Image. Green sea urchins used to live in cold waters of the sub Polar Regions. They live in Northern cooler part of the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. Some also live in the Arctic too. The sea animal can be found in rocky sea beds. They often live in the low depth tidal zones.
Starfish are echinoderms (spiny skinned sea urchins). They are also known as sea stars and are not really fish despite the name been given to them. Starfish cannot swim, and they do not use gills to breathe. For more information on these interesting sea urchins, see the fact sheet below. All echinoderms have five-point radial symmetry, which means that their body plan has five sections arranged around a central disk. 2  Starfish are found in the deep blue sea of the ocean and shallow water as well.