Epiphyseal plate
From BugSigDB
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.
- Aliases
- Cartilago epiphysialis
- Epiphyseal cartilage
- Epiphyseal disk
- Epiphyseal growth disk
- Epiphyseal growth plate
- Epiphyseal growth plate cartilage
- Epiphysial plate
- Growth plate
- Lamina epiphysialis
- Long bone epiphyseal plate
- Physis
