The treatment of fractures . r the capsule is firmly attached to the epiphysis and thesynovial membrane is loosely attached to the diaphysis (see ). In the adult the epiphyseal line marks the upper limit ofthe surgical neck. The lower epiphysis of the femur, the largest epiphysis inthe body, appears before birth, attains a good size by two years, 406 ANATOMICAL FACTS REGARDING THE EPIPHYSES and unites to the cliaphysis at from the twentieth to the twenty-third year. (For Separation of this Epiphysis see p. 309.) The adductor tubercle is on the diaphysis marking the levelof the line of t
The treatment of fractures . r the capsule is firmly attached to the epiphysis and thesynovial membrane is loosely attached to the diaphysis (see ). In the adult the epiphyseal line marks the upper limit ofthe surgical neck. The lower epiphysis of the femur, the largest epiphysis inthe body, appears before birth, attains a good size by two years, 406 ANATOMICAL FACTS REGARDING THE EPIPHYSES and unites to the cliaphysis at from the twentieth to the twenty-third year. (For Separation of this Epiphysis see p. 309.) The adductor tubercle is on the diaphysis marking the levelof the line of the epiphysis upon the inner side of the two heads of the gastrocnemius muscle are attached to boththe epiphysis and the diaphysis, but chiefly to the plantaris is attached to the diaphysis. Both of these mus-cles, in a separation of the epiphysis, are stripped from the shaftwith the periosteum, and act solely on the detached epiphysis,causing it to rotate upon its transverse axis. In separations with-. Fig. 573- — Relations of the synovialmembrane of the wrist-joint to the epiphy-ses of the radius and ulna. Note also theinferior radio-ulnarjointand synovial mem-brane (diagram).
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