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X-Ray Age Estimation

The document provides a detailed table of ossification centers for various joints in the human body, including the shoulder, elbow, forearm, hand, hip, and knee. It specifies the age of appearance and fusion for each ossification center. This information is crucial for radiological age estimation in forensic medicine.

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X-Ray Age Estimation

The document provides a detailed table of ossification centers for various joints in the human body, including the shoulder, elbow, forearm, hand, hip, and knee. It specifies the age of appearance and fusion for each ossification center. This information is crucial for radiological age estimation in forensic medicine.

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DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOX

ICOLOGY
K.S.HEGDE MED ICAL ACADEMY, DER ALA KAT TE
RADIOLOGICAL AGE ESTIMATION

SHO ULD ER JOIN T


OSSIF ICATI ON CENTER AGE OF APPEARANCE Conjoint AGE OF FUSION
epiphysis
Head of the humerus 1 year 5-6 years 18-19 years
Greater tuberosity 3 years
Lesse r tuberosity 5 years

Corocoid 10-11 years 15-16 years


Acromion 14-15 years 17-18 years
-

ELBOW JOINT
OSSIF ICATI ON AGE OF APPEARANCE . Conjoint AGE OF FUSION
CENT ER epiphysis

Ca1..'ituiuni •i yeai 1 "•-16 years 1 b-1 'i years

(Capitulum,
trochlea and lateral
epicondyle)
Medial epicondyle 6-7 years
I -\ - It:> '1r.s
Trochlea 9-10 years GC1'°'jlrir' er,r 'f r •I -f'J

Lateral epicondyle 11 years ,v I ' °' r _,) • :j -I )


'-h <
Head of radius 5 years 16-17years
Le Head e-kAAa 9 years 16-17 years
0! ,..,,.,n,- ,,n

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DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOL
OGY
K.S.HEGDE MEDICAL ACADEMY, DERALAKATTE
RADIOLOGICAL AGE ESTIMATION

FOREARM AND HAND


OSSlFlCATION CENTER
AGE OF APPEARANCE AGE OF FUSION
Capitate
2 months
Hamate
3months
Triquetral
3years
Lunate 4 years
trapezoid 4-6 years
Trapezium 4-6 years
Scaphoid 4-6 years
Pisiform 10-12 years
'
Base of first metacarpal 2-3 years 15-1r years
Lower end of radius 2-3 years 18-19 years
Lower end of ulna _!5-6 years 17-18 years
Shaft of radius 8 weeks
Shaft of ulna 8 weeks
Head ..:.:f r1.::nai.1ing metacarpal - ----
15-19 years
1.5 years- 2.5 years

HIP JOINT
OSSIFICATION CENTER AGE OF APPEARANCE AGE OF FUSION
Head of the Femur 1 year 17-18 years ,Jll'- -½r
Greater trochanter 4years 17-18 years
lschio pubic rami "
6 years
Lesser trochanter 12-14 years 17-18 yearsviJ."-11-of,r
Triradiate cartilage
13-15 years
Iliac crest 14years -2-0-2..1,._~ 1'?- 70
lscr.:al tuberosity 16 years ~~-y eel'& f'l - 2..1

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DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY
K.S.HEGDE MEDICAL ACADEMY, DERALAKATTE
RADIOLOGICAL AGE ESTIMATION

KNEE JOINT
AGE OF APPEARANCE AGE OF FUSION
OSSIFICATION CENTER
'
9 months 18-19 years w·dJ- s
Lower end of the femur
I .,
At birth 18-19 years
Upper end of the tibia
4 years 18-19 years , • '.
Upper end of the fibula

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