Bone Age Radiograph

Bone Age Radiograph

This radiograph is of the hand and wrist of a 10-year-old girl who has constitutional growth delay. Her bone development is typical of that of a 7-year-old child with wider gaps between bones in the hand and the wrist compared to those in a bone x-ray of a 10-year-old, which shows narrower epiphyses (growth plates).

DR P. MARAZZI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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