TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Pediatric Skeletal Trauma A1 - Blacksin, Marcia F. A1 - Wenokor, Cornelia A2 - Tehranzadeh, Jamshid PY - 2021 T2 - Basic Musculoskeletal Imaging, 2e AB - Pediatric bones are softer than adult bones as they are more porous and less well mineralized. There are distinct anatomic differences between the pediatric and adult bone, and a nomenclature has evolved to identify the fractures and the different regions of the pediatric bone affected (Figure 5-1). Pediatric bones demonstrate a physis or growth plate, seen as a lucency between the flared metaphyseal region of the bone and the growth center or epiphysis. The shaft is called the diaphysis. Pediatric bones grow in length through endochondral ossification at the metaphyseal edge. The bone also grows in width across the diaphyseal aspect of the bone through membranous ossification. Healing of fractures in pediatric patients is more rapid than seen in adults. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181068994 ER -