Medical Jurisprudence And Toxicology

Second, third, fourth and fifth

Metacarpal Bonee ;

Appearance Fusion
2 to 3 14 to 15
3 to 4 16 to 18

;;
;;
14 to 17
2 10
18
18

Phalanges of the Hand :

Proximal Row ;

Appearance Fusion
14 to 15
2 to 4 17 to 18
••
;;

14 to 17
2 16
17 to 18
1 to 2i 18

Middle Row : Appearance Fusion
2 to 3 14 to 16
3 16 to 18
..
• •
• •
• •
14 to 17
16
17
22 to 30 Months

Terminal Row ;

Appearance Fusion
3 15
3 to 5 17 to 18

;;
;;
14 to 17
2 15
2 10 to 17
2 to 3

Tarsal Bones :

Calcaneus (Os Calcis) and

Talus (Astragalus) ; Appearance
At Birth
At Birth
••
• •
• •

••
Before Birth
Before Birth
Before Birth

Cuboid :

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Appearance
At Birth
At Birth

• •

• •

Before Birth
1
1

Internal Cuneiform : Appearance
1 to 3
1 to 4

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2
2
End of 2nd year

Middle Cuneiform : Appearance . .
1 to 3
2 to 4

J m

, .

2
2
End of 3rd year

External Cuneiform :

Appearance
1 to 3
1 to 4

2
3
1?,

Navicular :

Appearance
1 to 3
2

2
3
3

Metatarsal Bones ;

Appearance Fusion
3 14 to 15
4 to 5 16 to 18

14 to 17
2 to 4 14 to 15
2 to 5 17
3 to 5
18

Tarsal Phalanges :

Proximal Row :

Appearance
1 to 3
2 to 4
. .
, .
. .
m

2J
3-1/6
3 to 4

Fusion
14 to 15
16 to 18
. .
. .
t

U to 17
14
17
17 to 10

Middle Row :

Appearance
3 to 4
3 to 4

, .
t t

3
4 to 5
3 to -1

Fusion
14 to 15
16 to 18
9 ,

M to 17
13
15
17 to 10

Terminal Row :

Appearance
4 to 6
4 to 6
. .

01
I'1
4 to 6

Fusion
13 to 14
15 to 17

M to 17
15
17
17 to 10

17. Ind, Jour. Med, Res., July 1937, p, 267.

Z8. Jour, Ind. Med. Ass,, Aug. 1938, p. 571.

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19. Ind Med Gaz March