Bone age children may reflect the height of the potential

Bone age, referred to as bone age is determined by the child's bone determined by the degree of calcification. Bone age as a more accurate reflection of people from birth to full maturity in the process of the age level of development, it in the development of the age of the most widely used. In particular, endocrine disease, stunting, nutrition obstacles, hereditary diseases and metabolic diseases, diagnosis and analysis, a more important role in bone age.

The main bone age to determine the use of X-ray. General to the Department of the wrist is still the best. Here a great deal of focus on the long bone, round bone and bone short, reflects the general state of bone growth and maturity, and projection method is simple, the damage to the human body is also the smallest. According to the sometimes necessary, to the elbow, knee, ankle, head for X-ray. With a view to further identify the disease and to determine bone age. Calcified bones to determine the extent of the main three-point look at: ① ossification center and the number of large and small; ② ossification centers and changes in the shape of the epiphysis; ③ growth plate closed the case. As a point with the normal use of bone age compared to the standard, you can determine a person's bone age.

Infer that the use of bone age of development, so as to reflect the body's growth and development, help children understand the height of the development potential. For example, literature and art or physical education and sport units in the selection of athletes, actors, the assumption that there are two 11-year-old girl, the same height, is 147 cm, and other conditions are the same. However, bone age is only a 10-year-old girl on the growth plates have not closed; another bone age has reached 13-year-old girls, girls have been close to the bone age of menarche, the average level of its height is estimated there will not be increased significantly. So, before that can be a tall girl in the greater growth potential.

In addition, bone age at diagnosis of short stature in the differential diagnosis of the disease and observe the effect plays an important role, but also how to use the guidance of a doctor, how to treat.

In the process of gradually grow longer, is the result of bone growth and development, mainly in the spine and lower limb growth.

Lower limb by the growth of the femur and tibia from the growth of the growth plate. Growth plate at both ends of the bones, by the pituitary gland to stimulate the secretion of growth hormone, will continue to proliferation of cartilage, cartilage, as the new-born after the formation of bony calcification, bone and therefore longer, wider.

Birth to 1 year old child is a lifetime in the fastest-growing stage, and then gradually slow down the pace, until puberty, sexual hormones and growth hormone to start interaction, the child's height, weight began to increase sharply.

A person is in line with the progress of the "bone age" (bone growth and development of age) to assess not only the general age of the decision. Some precocious children, bone age faster progress than the actual age, height appears to be the beginning than to highlight child same age, but may not be the future of adult height will be higher.

We can grow to what height, body depends on the growth plate to close the case may be, if the growth plate closed, that has come of age, bone, the bone will not grow tall and will not increase.