Growth of the Pediatric Skeleton

1. The Two Types of Bone Formation

2. Enchondral Growth: Physes and Acrophyses

3. Membranous Growth

4. Vertebral Column and Other Apparently Non-Tubular Bones

5. Prenatal Development

6. Exostoses and Enchondromas

7. Metabolic Bone Disease

8. Dysplasias and Dysostoses

9. Connectedness, Hox Genes

10. Local Impairment or Speeding of Enchondral Growth

11. Arthritis and Related Bone Disease

12. The “Ten Day Rule”

13. Paired Bones

14. Bowed Bones

15. Alignment Abnormality

16. Specific Characteristics of Specific Bones

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Imaging / Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Metabolic Diseases, Pediatric Surgery