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The document discusses the ossification of bones and its correlation with age, noting that females typically experience earlier union of epiphysis than males. It outlines specific ages for the ossification of various bones and sutures, indicating that certain bones ossify at different stages throughout life. Additionally, it highlights factors that may cause variations in ossification timing, such as diet, geography, and heredity.

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The document discusses the ossification of bones and its correlation with age, noting that females typically experience earlier union of epiphysis than males. It outlines specific ages for the ossification of various bones and sutures, indicating that certain bones ossify at different stages throughout life. Additionally, it highlights factors that may cause variations in ossification timing, such as diet, geography, and heredity.

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Ossification of Bones

Time of ossification gives a good indication of age


There may be variations due to dietetic, geographic,hereditary and
other factors
• Union of epiphysis in cartilagenous bones takes place earlier in the
female by about two years than in males except in case of skull
sutures where obliteration sets in a little later and proceeds more
slowly in the female
Ossification of Bones
To determine age of a person areas which are routinely X rayed

Wrist and hand in children


Elbow , shoulder, pelvis and knee in adults
1. Skull, vertebrae and sternum in old people
Ossification of Bones
Anterior fontanelle closes 1¹/²-2 years
• Number of carpal bones in hand between 2-6 is equal to age of child
in years
2 carpal bones =2 years
• Elbow joint ossifies at 14-16 years
• Wrist joint ossifies at 16-18 years
• Shoulder joint and knee joint ossifies at 18-20 years
• Hip joint ossifies at 20 years
• Hip bone ossifies at 22 years
Ossification of Bones
Middle four pieces of sternum fuse with one another from below upward at 14-
25 years of age
Xiphoid process unites with body 40 years
Manubrium unites with body at 60 years
Absence of closure of any suture age below 30 years
• Sagittal suture closes at 30-35years
• Coronal suture closes at 35-40years
• Lambdoid suture closes at 45-50 years
• Parietomastoid and squamous suture at 55-60years
• Sphenoparietal closes at 70 years
Ossification of Bones
Lipping of lumber vertebrae at 40 years of age
• Disc undergo atrophic changes at 40-45 years
• Greater cornu of hyoid bone unites with its body between 40-60 years

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