The elbow ossification centers ossify at different ages as a child develops. Knowing the timeline of ossification is very important when assessing whether a child has a fracture in their elbow. A helpful mnemonic for remembering the
ossification centers of the elbow is the six-letter made-up word of
CRITOE. I suppose it rhymes with 'elbow', but other than that - I don't see the relationship, but it is memorable enough for our purposes:
| Ossification Site | Age (years) |
| C | Capitulum | 1 |
| R | Radial Head | 3 |
| I | Internal (medial) epicondyle | 5 |
| T | Trochlea | 7 |
| O | Olecranon | 9 |
| E | External (lateral) epicondyle | 11 |
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