epiphyseal
Americanadjective
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Since the cartilage of an epiphyseal plate is less dense than bone, the plate will appear dark in a radiograph image.
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The epiphyseal plate is then completely replaced by bone, and the diaphysis and epiphysis portions of the bone fuse together to form a single adult bone.
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Knowledge of the age at which different epiphyseal plates disappear is important when interpreting radiographs taken of children.
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Large bones, such as the femur, will develop several secondary ossification centers, with an epiphyseal plate associated with each secondary center.
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In rachitis epiphyseal swellings are seen at the wrists and ankle-joints, and in superior cases at the ends of the phalanges of the fingers and toes.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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