...lower legs, and foot of the same subject. Especially to be noted are the well-developed epiphyses of the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia with their narrow, clearly defined epiphyseal lines. The lower epiphysis of the tibia is present, and...

...another. At birth the only two epiphyses in which ossification has begun to take place are those of the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia ; consequently these are the only epiphyscs visible in the radiogram of a newborn infant. The others...

...thus out of the way of pressure. Surgical Anatomy of the Knee-joint.—The knee-joint i< 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 euboidal in form, having two prominent...

...small areas are sharply defined from the surrounding body tissue. They are particularly numerous in the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia. The patella is not involved, this bone shadowing normal structure. In the upper end of the femur these...

...joint with which any work might be done. In the knee-joint case the first step would be excision of the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia ; the next, removal of the whole infected interior of the femur, disinfection, packing, and splints,...

...epiphyseal cartilages most often TUMORS OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES 453 on the inner and outer sides of the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia (Fig. 372). They are congenital in origin, are singularly apt to be symmetrically located and not infrequently...

...is rarely required in old ankylosis of the knee with flexion. In the latter case a wedge composed of the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia is removed. The operation of cuneiform osteotomy is done adFIG. 527.-—CUNEIFORM OSTEOTOMY. Fie. 528.—CUNEIFORM...

...situated between the fascia anil skin around the patella, and the latter on the articular surfaces of the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia I—VEINS WITHOUT VALVES I—Venae cavae II—Hepatic V—Uterine VI—Ovarian VII—Pulmonary Vin—Cerebral...

...larger than the others and partly covering them all, like a sac wrapped around the bones and fastened to the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia. FIG. 134.—THE KNEE JOINT A shows the exterior ligaments. B shows the joint with the external parts...

...seventytwo cases not recurring after operation. The most frequent site for the giant-cell sarcomata is the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia. They occur also in the vertebral column and in other places, especially in the tendon sheaths, 2 in...