The ossification of the metacarpal and phalangeal bones in human foetuses.
An evaluation was made of the ossification level of the metacarpal and phalangeal bones in human foetuses of both sexes from the 4th to the 9th month of gestation. Our results indicate that ossification of phalangeal bones 1 to 5 always started at the distal end of the phalanx and endochondral ossification prevailed in the proximal phalanx of the thumb.
Department of Anatomy, Pomeranian Academy of Medicine, Szczecin, Poland.
Florian
F
Czerwiński
Ewa
E
Tomasik
Małgorzata
M
Tomasik
Aldona
A
Mahaczek-Kordowska
D001846:Bone Development / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D050279:Metacarpal Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology; D010012:Osteogenesis; D011859:Radiography