The book is an organized approach to understanding bone growth and disease. It integrates anatomic and radiologic knowledge of enchondral and membranous bone growth and emphasizes the similarities of the physis and acrophysis in development. While mainly written for trainees in radiology, pediatrics, and orthopedics, it will also be useful to practitioners in these fields. The artwork, jointly produced by artist and author, illustrates the concepts being promulgated. The identification of abnormality is aided by the explanations of the causes in terms of pattern recognition.

Normal Growth: The two Types of Bone Formation (Enchondral and Membranous)

Enchondral Growth: Physis and Acrophysis
Membranous Growth: Diaphysis and Periphysis
Vertebral Column and Other Nontubular Bones
Prenatal Development. Abnormal Growth: Exoxtosis and Enchondromas
Metabolic Bone Disease
Dysplasia and Dysostosis
Hox Genes; Connectedness
Local Impairment of Enchondral Growth
Arthritis and Other Bone Disease. Some Additional comments: The 10 day rule
Paired Bones
Bowed Bones
Alignment Abnormality
Special Characteristics of Specific Bones.