Longitudinal growth of long bones
Longitudinal growth of long bones
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DOI:
10.1001/archsurg.1935.01180160064005
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发表时间:
1935-10-01
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通讯作者:
Bisgard, ME
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作者:
Bisgard, JD;Bisgard, ME
To measure the growth in length of each principal long bone of goats, holes were drilled in both ends of the shaft of the humerus, radius, ulna, femur and tibia and lead shots were fitted tightly in these holes when the animals were newborn (from 2 to 4 days old). The progress of growth was studied in roentgenograms made periodically over a period of 16 months. Prenatal growth was studied and measured from growth arrest lines, produced in goat embryos by feeding P to the mothers. These studies showed that both before and after birth, all growth in the length of long bones takes place at the ends of the shaft by progressive apposition of layers of new bone between the ends of the diaphysis and 1he epiphyscal cartilage and between the articular cartilage and the epiphysis. The proportion of growth from the 2 ends in each bone is unequal. The humerus in length mainly from its proximal end, the radius and ulna from their distal ends, the femur from its distal end, the tibia from its proximal end. These results obtained by actual measurements agree with those calculated by Digby for the same bones in man, thus establishing the accuracy of his figures which previously had only a hypothetical basis. Also, there were made observations relative to the rate of growth and the relation of growth to the period of growth activity of each epiphyseal cartilage.