epiphyseal plate
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 ]
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epiphyseal plate
- epiphyseal growth plate
- epiphyseal growth plate cartilage
- epiphysial plate
- long bone epiphyseal plate
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Tib_fib_growth_plates.jpg
consider splitting this class into the epiphyseal plates of long bones and vertebrae
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epiphyseal disk, cartilago epiphysialis, epiphyseal cartilage, epiphyseal growth disk, growth plate, physis, lamina epiphysialis
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