CRITOE Ossification centres about the elbow

Description: There are 6 ossification centers around the elbow joint. These ossification centers all appear at different ages and they all fuse to the adjacent bones at various ages. It is not clinically important to memorize the specific ages of when these ossification centers appear or fuse. However, it is clinically important to realize that the ossification centers always appear in a specific sequence.
The mnemonic of the order of appearance of the individual ossification centers is C-R-I-T-O-E: Capitellum, Radial head, Internal (medial) epicondyle, Trochlea, Olecranon, External (lateral) epicondyle.