Epiphyseal Plate:

Terms Related to Epiphyseal Plate

• Epiphysis

  The head of a long bone that is separated from the shaft by the epiphyseal plate until bone growth stops. At that time, the plate ...

• Bone Growth

  The growth and development of bones from fetus to adult. It includes two principal mechanisms of bone growth: growth in length of long bones at ...

• Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia

  Abnormal development of cartilage and bone.

• Bone Plate

  Implantable fracture fixation devices attached to bone fragments with screws to bridge the fracture gap and shield the fracture site from stress as bone heals. ...

• Callotasis

  Bone lengthening by gradual mechanical distraction. An external fixation device produces the distraction across the bone plate. The technique was originally applied to long bones ...

• Bone Morphogenetic Protein

  Bone-growth regulatory factors that are members of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily of proteins. They are synthesized as large precursor molecules which are cleaved by ...