. Quain's Elements of anatomy. Fig. 160.—Ossification op the tibia. (R. Quuin.) A. some weeks before birth ; the shaft is ossified, the ends are cartilaginous. B, at birth, showing a nucleus in the upper C. at the third year, showing tlie nucleus of the lower epiphysis. D, at about eighteen or twenty years, showing the lower epiphysis united, while the upper remainsaej^arate. The upper epiphysis is seen to inclmli; the tubercle. K. shows an example of a septvrate centre for the tubeicle. 1, shaft ; 2, superior epiphysis ; 2*, separate centre for the tubercle ; 3, inferior epiphysis
. Quain's Elements of anatomy. Fig. 160.—Ossification op the tibia. (R. Quuin.) A. some weeks before birth ; the shaft is ossified, the ends are cartilaginous. B, at birth, showing a nucleus in the upper C. at the third year, showing tlie nucleus of the lower epiphysis. D, at about eighteen or twenty years, showing the lower epiphysis united, while the upper remainsaej^arate. The upper epiphysis is seen to inclmli; the tubercle. K. shows an example of a septvrate centre for the tubeicle. 1, shaft ; 2, superior epiphysis ; 2*, separate centre for the tubercle ; 3, inferior epiphysis. pelvis occupy a part of the abdominal cavity. The inclination of tlio pelvis considerablygreater in early life than in the arlult. The femur is developed from one principal ossific centre for the shaft which appears in the 188 THE OF THE LOWER LIMB. 7th week, and from four epiphj^ses, the centres for which appear in the following order :—Asingle nucleus for the lower extremity appears shortly before birth, one
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