...the region adjacent to the junction of the shafts with the epiphyses. The upper and lower extremities of the femur and the upper end of the tibia are the common sites of such fractures, but the upper end of the humérus may also be affected. A very startling...

...Fig. 317). C F 'íí- 3I7)III. Division of the Internal Condyle Obliquely (Ogston). IV. Division of the Lower End of the Femur and the Upper End of the Tibia above and below their respective Epiphyses ( Bnrwell). down to the bone deliberately, and cut firmly...

...thus out of the way of pressure. Surgical Anatomy of the Knee-joint.—The knee-joint is made up of the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia and the patella. The lower end of the femur is expanded and rather cuboidal in form, having two prominent...

...knee is rolled in or out, the trochanter follows the motion. 177. The knee is a hinge-joint formed by the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia, or principal bone of the leg. The massive muscles on the front of the thigh are inserted by a single...

...sweep through the ligamentum patellae and lateral ligaments. A thin slice of bone is to be sawn off the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia. Or the joint may be opened by a free J-shaped incision, and the tubercle of the tibia divided by the...

...periosteum, and it is in these regions and in the medullary canal that the inflammatory process oniginates.* The lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia are the regions most commonly attacked ; but the upper end of the femur and the lower end of the tibia may...

...periosteum, and it is in these regions and in the medullary canal that the inflammatory process originates.* The lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia are the regions most commonly attacked; but the upper end of the femur and the lower end of the tibia may suffer,...

...years, and the so-called dark spot on the epiphysis—are quite normal. 1. The epiphyseal lines of the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia remain till the age of fifteen. From two and one-half to eight years a very marked formation of bone...

...involved. If the lower extremities are affected, the ball should be used over the epiphyseal lines at the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia to promote cell growth and thus prevent shortening. The local treatment over the limbs is not of as...

...any other place on the extremities. This fact is probably due to the high intensity of bone growth in the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia. These sarcomas sometimes appear just at the termination of the growth of the bone, though they also...