Epiphyseal plate
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The epiphyseal plate (or epiphysial plate, or growth plate) cartilage plate in the long bones of children and adolescents. The longitudinal growth of these bones occurs primarily at these plates, and when they solidify at the end of adolescence, the adult height has been reached.
Salter-Harris fractures can occur on epiphyseal plates.
[edit] External links
- Dictionary at eMedicine epiphysial+plate
- Histology at BU 02401loa - "Cartilage and Bone and Bone Histogenesis"
- Diagram at edteched.uottawa.ca
- Overview at gla.ac.uk
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cartilage: chondroblast, chondrocyte, perichondrium, types (hyaline, elastic, fibrous), fibrocartilage callus, metaphysis
bone: ossification (intramembranous, endochondral, epiphyseal plate), cycle (osteoblast, osteoid, osteocyte, osteoclast), types (cancellous, cortical), regions (epiphysis, diaphysis), structure (osteon/Haversian system, Haversian canals, endosteum, periosteum, Sharpey's fibres, lacunae, canaliculi, trabeculae, medullary cavity, bone marrow), shapes (long, short, flat, irregular, sesamoid)
