title: The ossification of tarsal bones and distal end of the tibia in human foetus.
abstract: The ossification level of tarsal bones and the distal end of the tibia in human foetuses of both sexes from 4 to 9 month gestational age was estimated. Our results show that ossification of the cartilaginous model tarsal bones begins from 6 to 7 months of the gestational age with the appearance of a single ossification point in the ankle bone and two ossification points in the heel bone with the following ossification of the periosteum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Pomeranian Academy of Medicine, Al. Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Czerwiński
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tomasik
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahaczek-Kordowska
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D013639:Tarsal Bones / Q000196:embryology* / Q000502:physiology*; D013977:Tibia / Q000196:embryology* / Q000502:physiology*