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Surface
Skeleton
Muscles
Pelvis, development
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Overview
Pelvis
Hip
Fig. 1239
Pelvis, Pelvis, and femur, Femur;
AP-radiograph of a female, premature baby
(eighth month of pregnancy).
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Osseous roof of the acetabutum
** Y-shaped junction in the acetabular fossa
***The ossification centre in the head of the femur does not appear
before the third to fifth month of life.
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At this age, both greater trochanters onty become apparent as small
protuberances of the bone of the diaphysis.
Os ilium
Vertebrae sacrales
Trochanter major+
Symphysis pubica
Os pubis
Foramen obturatum
Os ischii
Trochanter minor+
Femur, Diaphysis
C a rtila g o
e p ip h ys ialis
Fig. 1260
Pelvis, Pelvis, and femur, Femur;
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Osseous roof of the acetabulum
AP-radiograph of a 12-month-old boy.
** Y-shaped junction in the acetabular fossa
‘ “ Ossification centre in the epiphysis of the head of the fem ur
e
At this age, both greater trochanters only become apparent as sm all
protuberances of the bone of the diaphysis.
