A hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone. The plate is found in children and adolescents; in adults, who have stopped growing, the plate is replaced by an epiphyseal line. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphyseal_plate ]
Synonyms: epiphyseal growth plate cartilage epiphyseal growth plate epiphysial plate long bone epiphyseal plate
Term information
- BTO:0000412
- MESH:D006132
- MA:0002839
- SCTID:84349008
- FMA:75427
- EMAPA:35505
- GAID:191
- Wikipedia:Epiphyseal_plate
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epiphyseal disk
cartilago epiphysialis
epiphyseal cartilage
epiphyseal growth disk
growth plate
physis
lamina epiphysialis