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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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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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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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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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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...
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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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epiphyseal closure. In
adult humans, it
marks the
point of
fusion between the
epiphysis and the metaphysis. The
epiphyseal line
serves no
function in the bone...
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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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osteochondritis deformans juvenilis (osteochondritis of the
capitular head of the
epiphysis of the femur) and
osteochondritis deformans juvenilis dorsi (osteochondrosis...
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ossification occurs.
Ewing sarcoma tends to
occur at the diaphysis. Long bone
Epiphysis Metaphysis OED 2nd edition, 1989.
Entry "diaphysis" in Merriam-Webster...
