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perichondrium invade the
epiphysis,
supplying nutrients to the
developing secondary centers of ossification. At the joint, the
epiphysis is
covered with articular...
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pineal gland (also
known as the
pineal body or
epiphysis cerebri) is a
small endocrine gland in the
brain of most vertebrates. It
produces melatonin...
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Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE or skiffy,
slipped upper femoral epiphysis, SUFE or souffy, coxa vara adolescentium) is a
medical term referring...
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metaphysis (pl.: metaphyses) is the neck
portion of a long bone
between the
epiphysis and the diaphysis. It
contains the
growth plate, the part of the bone...
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which forms the tuberosity; that for the
lower epiphysis appears in the
second year. The
lower epiphysis fuses with the
tibial shaft at
about the eighteenth...
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inferior epiphysis.
Anterior view. Trochlea.
Posterior view.
Humerus -
inferior epiphysis.
Posterior view.
Humerus -
superior epiphysis.
Anterior view...
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other serious causes, such as
septic arthritis or
slipped capital femoral epiphysis, may be present. The
diagnostic approach involves ruling out potentially...
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first tool to aid in the
early diagnosis of a
slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE),
which if
treated late or left
untreated leads to
crippling arthritis...
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radiographic angle used to
measure the
severity of a
slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) on a radiograph. It was
named after Wayne O. Southwick, a famous...
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fourth year. The
lower epiphysis, the
first to ossify,
unites with the body
about the
twentieth year; the
upper epiphysis joins about the twenty-fifth...
