Radiographical study on the time of complete post-natal union of the ossification loci of the bones of the elbow joint in Egyptian buffalo Bubalus

ABSTRACT

The bones of the elbow joint of the Egyptian buffalo were examined radiographically to determine their ossification loci. This work recorded that there are five separate centers [three of them are located on the distal epiphysis of the humerus, the medial epicondyle, lateral epicondyle and the humeral condyles, while the other two centers are located on the radius and ulna at the proximal epiphysis of the ulna and proximal epiphysis of the radius]. The ossification loci of humeral condyles were fused at the age of 6 months and the proximal epiphysis of the radius were completely fused at the age of 8 months, while that of the medial and lateral epicondyles of the humerus were fused at the age of 1.5 year. The last ossification locus has been fused was the proximal epiphysis of the ulna at the age of six years old