Coracoid process | NEET Based MCQ

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Coracoid process is a ________________type of epiphysis 

A. Pressure 
B. Traction 
C. Atavistic 
D. Aberrant

Ans. B. atavistic

Type of EPIPHYSIS

PRESSURE EPIPHYSIS	1. Articular 2. Takes part in transmission of weight EXAMPLES: Head of femur Lower end of Fibula
TRACTION EPIPHYSIS	1. Non articular 2. Does not take part in transmission of weight 3. Provide attachment to one or more tendons which exert traction on epiphysis EXAMPLES: Tubercles of humerus Trochanters of femur  Mastoid process
ATAVISTIC EPIPHYSIS	1. Phylogenetically an independent bone which in man becomes fused to another bone. EXAMPLE: Coracoid process of Scapula Os Trigonum
ABERRANT EPIPHYSIS	EXAMPLES: Ephysis of head of first metacarpal Epiphysis at the base of other metacarpal bones