The Growth and Formation of Bone

• 15 years of age in girls and 16 in boys 


  Longitudinal growth of bone continues until approximately
• Skull


  28  bones including cranial and facial
• Vertebrae 


  31 bones
• Ribs


  24 bones
• Skull


  Frontal - 1

  Parietal - 2

  Occipital - 1

  Temporal - 2
• Facial Bone


   Maxillary Bone - upper jaw
• Facial Bone 


  Zygomatic bone - cheek bone
• Facial Bone


  Maxillary Bone - upper jaw

  Zygomatic Bone - cheek bone

  Lacrimal bone

  Mandible
• Clavicle - collar bone

  Scapula - shoulder blade

  Humerus - bone of the upper arm

  Ulnar - longer bone in arm

  Radius - shorter bone in arm

  Carpal - wrist

  Metacarpal - palm

  Phalanges - fingers

  Pelvis - hip bone

  Femur - thigh bone/largest bone

  Patella - kneecap

  Tibia - shin bone

  Fibula - calf bone

  Tarsal -foot/heel

  Metatarsals - foot bone
• Disorders


  Rickets(children) / osteomalacia (adult)

  -cause by deficiencies of vitamin D

  -soft, weak bone that are easily broken
• Disorders 


  Fracture

  -breaking of bones or associated cartilage