...bone. They are chiefly found upon the long tubular bone, and in these, upon their extremities, as upon the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia. At first the periosteum covers them and forms their lirait ; but they soon penetrate it and extend...

...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 <tnutomictil predisponitinn. In the experiments on animals several methods were employed...

...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...

...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...

...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. An exostosis grows without pain, though it soon begins to cause inconvenience by the pressure it exerts...

...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:...

...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...

...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...

...suffer most, especially their diaphysial extremities, the disease showing itself very frequently near the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia {fig. Fin. 8. FlG. 8.—Acute osteomyelitis of the tibia; cicatrices showing common position of sinuses....

...Epiphysial Line Mar cwen). III. Division of the Internal Condyle Obliquely ¡O^ston). IV. Division of the Lower End of the Femur and the Upper End of the Tibia above and below their respective Epiphyses (Harwell 1 ). I. Division of the Shaft of the Femur from...