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epiphyseal plate

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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 ]

Term info

Label

epiphyseal plate

Synonyms
  • epiphyseal growth plate
  • epiphyseal growth plate cartilage
  • epiphysial plate
  • long bone epiphyseal plate
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Tib_fib_growth_plates.jpg

editor note

consider splitting this class into the epiphyseal plates of long bones and vertebrae

has related synonym

epiphyseal disk, cartilago epiphysialis, epiphyseal cartilage, epiphyseal growth disk, growth plate, physis, lamina epiphysialis

id

UBERON:0002516