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AGE OF MLI DESCRIPTIONS ESTIMATING THE AGE

1. Age of viability - Infant can live separated from - OC at talus


- 7th intra-uterine month mother if aborted
2. Full term baby - OC at cuboid
- 9th intra-uterine month - OC at upper end of tibia
- OC at lower end of femur bcomes 5mm
3. End of infancy period - Legal age of end of infancy period - Closure of ant. fontanelle (18 mnth)
- Age of 2 y/o - Execution of condemned women is - Eruption of all milk teeth
postponed if having a child below - OC at lower end of radius
his age till weaning (> 2y/o)
4. Admission to school - Eruption of 1st permanent molar
- 6 y/o
5. Age of discrimination - Below which child is not legally - Eruption of permanent central incisors
- 7 y/o responsible as can’t discriminate - OC at lower end of radius = ⅔rd breadth
right from wrong
6. Maternal custody - In case of divorce
- Boys: up to 10 y/o - Boys: eruption of 2nd premolar
- Girls: up to 12 y/o - Girls: eruption of 2nd molar
7. Puberty in males - Below which boys are unable to - Fusion of trochlea & capitulum
- Usually at 14 y/o commit rape or sodomy - Fusion of Y-shaped suture of acetabulum
8. Trials in juvenile court “
- 15 y/o
9. Age of marriage - Union of distal ends of metacarpal &
- Females: 16 y/o phalanges, also metatarsal & phalanges
- Males: 18 y/o - Union of head of femur with shaft
- Union of lower end of tibia & fibula with
shafts
10. Consent for rape in females - Union of head of humerus with its shaft
- 18 y/o - Union of lower end of radius & ulna with
shafts
11. Age of 18 y/o in males - Age o marriage - Union of distal ends of metacarpal &
- 1st call for military service phalanges, also metatarsal & phalanges
- Govt employment - Union of head of femur with shaft
- Voting (depend on country) - Union of lower end of tibia & fibula with
- Driving license eligibility shafts
- Full criminal responsibility
12. Age of civil rights Males:
- 21 y/o - Union of lower end of femur
- Union of upper end of tibia & fibula
- Union of ischial tuberosity with ischium
Females:
- Union of iliac crest with iliac bone
- Union of medial end of clavicle with shaft
13. Age of people assembly m/ship - Medullary cavity of humerus reach
- 30 y/o Males: surgical neck
Females: anatomical neck (33 y/o)
14. Age of presidency in Egypt
- 35 y/o
15. Age of pension - Fusion of manubrium w body of sternum
- 60 y/o

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