Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

13- Longitudinal sections in the foot and the hand


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Description Longitudinal sections in the foot and the hand
Author Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Copyright Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine

13- Is showing longitudinal sections in the foot and the hand of a child above 7 years in age, as detected from the size of the ossific centre of the lower end of the radius which is more than 2/3 of the breadth of the lower epiphysis (it appears at 2 years and reaches 2/3 of the breadth of the epiphysis at 7 years); i.e. above the age of discrimination.

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