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Epiphyseal plate

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The epiphyseal plate, epiphysial plate, physis, or growth plate is a hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone. It is the part of a long bone where new bone growth takes place; that is, the whole bone is alive, with maintenance remodeling throughout its existing bone tissue, but the growth plate is the place where the long bone grows longer (adds length).

Epiphyseal plate - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cartilage plate in the neck of a long bone This article uses anatomical terminology . Epiphyseal plate Radiogram of distal tibia (left) and fibula (right) showing two epiphyseal plates Light micrograph of an undecalcified epiphyseal plate that is displaying the hypertrophic zone with its typical chondrocytes , matrix and three zones: maturation (top), degenerative (middle) and provisional calcification (bottom). Details Identifiers Latin lamina epiphysialis MeSH D006132 TA98 A02.0.00.020 TA2 395 FMA 75427 Anatom

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