 | 1883 - 648 sider
...shafts of the bones they are to join are the first to show ossification. Thus the two earliest are the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia. The lower end of the fibula by this rule precedes the upper. The femur is a good example. The lower end... | |
 | Library - 1841 - 688 sider
...angular ginglymi . it is the largest and most complicated joint in the human body. Articular surfaces. The lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia are the essential constituents of this joint, which is completed in front by the patella. The articular... | |
 | William Fairlie Clarke - 1874 - 424 sider
...cancellated exostosis is usually connected with the long bones. It is most frequently met with about the lower end of the femur, and the upper end of the tibia. Exostosis is a disease of early adult life. Tumours of this description are often multiple. Sometimes... | |
 | Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins - 1876 - 146 sider
...the tibia (Ti.}, or lower bone of the leg, alongside and outside of which is the fibula (Fi.) Between the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia is fitted the patella, or knee-cap (P). Both of these end at the ankle, the tibia articulating with... | |
 | William Fairlie Clarke - 1879 - 350 sider
...cancellated exostosis is usually connected with the long bones. It is most frequently met with about the lower end of the femur, and the upper end of the tibia. Exostosis is a disease of early adult life. Tumors of this description are often multiple. Sometimes... | |
 | 1880 - 788 sider
...The bones which grow the most rapidly are the most frequently affected ; hence certain spots, such as the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia, present a special anatomical preditposition. In the experiments on animals several methods were employed.... | |
 | 1880 - 1096 sider
...The bones which grow the most rapidly are the most frequently affected ; hence certain spots, such as the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia, present a special anatomical predisposition. In the experiments on animals several methods were employed.... | |
 | 1880 - 658 sider
...bones which grow the most rapidly are the most frequently affected ; hence, certain spots, such as the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia, present a special anatomical predisposition. In the experiments on animals several methods were employed... | |
 | George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman - 1882 - 712 sider
...experience. I ask your attention to the exostoses which grow from the posterior and lateral surfaces of the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia, and which, therefore, may be said to belong topographically to the popliteal region. I have thought... | |
 | GEORGE B. SHATTUCK M.D - 1883 - 666 sider
...shafts of the bones they are to join are the first to show ossification. Thus the two earliest are the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia. The lower eud of the fibula by this rule precedes the upper. The femur is a good example. The lower end... | |
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The knee joint, formed between the articular surfaces of the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia, is largely a hinge joint. 
