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epiphysis

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The head of a long bone that articulates with a neighboring skeletal element and is separated from the shaft by the epiphyseal plate until bone growth stops. At that time, the plate disappears and the head and shaft are united[MESH,modified]. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 MESH:A02.835.232.251 ]

Synonyms: long bone epiphysis bone epiphysis end of long bone epiphyses

This is just here as a test because I lose it

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database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

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UBERON:0001437