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This article is about the rounded end of a bone. For information on the endocrine gland also referred to as epiphysis, see epiphysis cerebri.
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| Gray\'s | subject #17 79 |
| MeSH | Epiphyses |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | e_12/12338275 |
Epiphysis is the name for a rounded end of a long bone. The epiphysis is filled with red bone marrow, which produces erythrocytes, or red blood cells. The epiphysial plate, also known as the growth plate, is located where the epiphysis meets the metaphysis.
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Long bone |
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Longitudinal section of head of left humerus. |
| Musculoskeletal system, connective tissue: bone and cartilage | |
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| Cartilage | perichondrium, fibrocartilage callus, metaphysis
cells (chondroblast, chondrocyte) types (hyaline, elastic, fibrous) |
| Bone | ossification (intramembranous, endochondral, epiphyseal plate)
cycle (osteoblast, osteoid, osteocyte, osteoclast) types (cancellous, cortical) regions (epiphysis, metaphysis, diaphysis) structure (osteon/Haversian system, Haversian canals, endosteum, periosteum, Sharpey\'s fibres, enthesis, lacunae, canaliculi, trabeculae, medullary cavity, bone marrow) shapes (long, short, flat, irregular, sesamoid) |
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