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Diagrammatic representation of the vascular supply to the capital femoral epiphysis in children between the ages of 4 and 7 years (a). Interruption of the medial circumflex artery (b) or the lateral epiphyseal vessels (c) can produce avascular necrosis of part or the entire epiphysis.
