A STUDY OF THE NUTRIENT FORAMINA OF LOWER-LIMB LONG BONES

Authors
GUMUSBURUN E YUCEL F OZKAN Y AKGUN Z
Citation
E. Gumusburun et al., A STUDY OF THE NUTRIENT FORAMINA OF LOWER-LIMB LONG BONES, Surgical and radiologic anatomy, 16(4), 1994, pp. 409-412
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Surgical and radiologic anatomy → ACNP
ISSN journal
09301038
Volume
16
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
409 - 412
Database
ISI
SICI code
0930-1038(1994)16:4<409:ASOTNF>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
In this study a total of 269 adult lower limb long bones were examined to determine the number and location of the nutrient foramina in the shafts of bones. The mean of foraminal index was 48.82 for femur, 33.1 7 for tibia, and 47.82 for fibula. The number of foramina noted were: two on the linea aspera in the middle third of the femur, one on the p osterior surface of the upper third of the tibia, and one on the poste rior surface of the middle third of the fibula.