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16 March 2021 09:24 AM

Primary - 8th week

Humerus Upper end Humerus Lower end

A- Head: Ap-6mnth D-Capitulum, lat trochlea : Ap-1

(just before birth in Radius Ulna
E- Medial epicond: Ap-4F, 6M
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B-Grtr Tub: Ap-1F, 2M F-Medial trochlea: Ap- 9F, 10M Primary-8th week Primary - 8th week
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C-Lssr Tub: Ap- 4F, 5M G:Lateral epicondyle: Ap- 12
Secondaries Secondaries
1yr- Capitate, Hamate, lower end of Radius
A,B,C fuse: 6 D,F,G fuse: Puberty
Lower end- Ap-1 Lower end- Ap: 5F, 6M 2yr- heads of 2,3,4,5 metacarpals, bases of
Upper end- Ap-4F, 5M Upper end- proximal phalanges ; fuse at 18
Fused A,B,C fuse with Fused D,F,G fuse with diaphysis: 14F, 16M
Upper end fuses-14F, 17M Lower p/o olecranon ossifies from shaft 3yr- Triquetrum, base of 1st metacarpal(fuses
diaphysis- 18F, 20M at 17), bases of middle and distal phalanges;
E(Lat. epicond.) fuses with shaft - 20yr Lower end fuse: - 17F, 19M Upper p/o olecranon has 2 centers
• Lower forms upper p/o trochlear fuse at 18
Additional centre- Radial notch 4yr- Lunate
tuberosity- Ap-14-15yr • Upper is thin scale like o top of 5yr- Trapezium, Trapezoid, Scaphoid (in that
olecranon order usually)
• Both Ap- 9F, 11M 6yr- Lower end of Ulna
Upper end fuses with diaphysis- 14F, 16M

Lower end fuses - 17F, 18M

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