PLATE XXVII 



Ilium 



Head of 



femur 



Unossified 



cartilage 



between the 



head and the 



neck of the 



femur 



Greater 



trochanter 



Lesser 

 trochanter 



FIG. 147. Radiograph ot the Hip Region of a child. 



The.epiphysis of the lesser trochanter has not yet appeared, but the 

 inferior rami of the pubis and ischium have fused. 



