Stippled epiphyses is a pattern of focal bone calcification. The presence of abnormal punctate (speckled, dot-like) calcifications in one or more epiphyses. It...

Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) 'on top of' and φύσις (phúsis) 'growth'; pl.: epiphyses) is one of the rounded ends or tips of a long bone that ossify from one...

diaphysis, with an epiphysis at each end of the growing bone. The ends of epiphyses are covered with hyaline cartilage ("articular cartilage"). The longitudinal...

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE or skiffy, slipped upper femoral epiphysis, SUFE or souffy, coxa vara adolescentium) is a medical term referring...

after birth and forms the epiphyses of long bones and the extremities of irregular and flat bones. The diaphysis and both epiphyses of a long bone are separated...

it affects the bones of the spine (spondylo-) and the ends of bones (epiphyses), and that it is present from birth (congenital). The signs and symptoms...

the coracoid process frequently has a separate nucleus. These various epiphyses are joined to the bone by the 25th year. Failure of bony union between...

deformities. Hereditary multiple exostoses is due growth disturbance of the epiphyses of the radius and ulna, the two bones of the forearm. Superficial muscles...

accelerates ossification of cartilage into bone, leading to closure of the epiphyses and conclusion of growth. In the central nervous system, testosterone...

categorised as a long bone and comprises a diaphysis (shaft or body) and two epiphyses (extremities) that articulate with adjacent bones in the hip and knee...

a diaphysis and two epiphyses. The diaphysis is the midsection of the tibia, also known as the shaft or body. While the epiphyses are the two rounded...

during childhood, and as it grows it ossifies near the diaphysis and the epiphyses. The metaphysis contains a diverse population of cells including mesenchymal...

doi:10.1002/aja.1000050403. Fawcett, Edward (1911). "Some Notes on the Epiphyses of the Ribs". Journal of Anatomy and Physiology. 45 (Pt 2): 172–178. PMC 1288875...

less prevalent. Giant cell tumors of bone frequently occur in long bone epiphyses of the appendicular skeleton or the sacrum of the axial skeleton. Local...

Metacarpophalangeal joint The palmar aspect of the hand showing the epiphyses of the hand exploded. MCP joints in red. The DIP, PIP and MCP joints of...

"intrauterine" death. Fetal dentition charts dated the fetus at 34 weeks, the epiphyses being obscured by extensive calcification. In addition to subcutaneous...

radiologic feature of pseudoachondroplasia. Hypoplastic capital femoral epiphyses, broad short femoral necks, coxa vara, horizontality of acetabular roof...

attain their maximum stature when they complete the fusion of long-bone epiphyses, occurring in males around the age of 40 and females around 25 years of...

mineralization (also called ossification), and the degree of fusion between the epiphyses and metaphyses. The first atlas published in 1898 by John Poland consisted...

to have more complex intra-articular fractures. In children with open epiphyses, an equivalent fracture is the "epiphyseal slip", as can be seen in other...

of bone. Birth to 5 years Secondary ossification centers appear in the epiphyses 5 years to 12 years in females, 5 to 14 years in males Ossification is...

as a long bone and comprises a diaphysis, the shaft (or body) and two epiphyses, the lower extremity and the upper extremity of femur, that articulate...

also begins later, accelerates more slowly, and lasts longer before the epiphyses fuse. Although males are on average 2 centimetres (0.8 in) shorter than...

or wrist fracture. Teriparatide is contraindicated for those with open epiphyses, metabolic bone diseases, Paget's Disease of bone, bone metastases, history...

oestrogen secretion starts during menarche and causes early closure of epiphyses. Leptin's role in regulating bone mass was identified in 2000. Leptin...

fetus. At birth, the neonatal humerus is only ossified in the shaft. The epiphyses are cartilaginous at birth. The medial humeral head develops an ossification...

Narcolepsy Narcolepsy-Cataplexy Narrow oral fissure short stature cone shaped epiphyses Nasodigitoacoustic syndrome Nasopalpebral lipoma coloboma syndrome Nasopharyngeal...

groups. Complete fusion in males occurs as early as 14 years in both epiphyses. All males demonstrated complete fusion by 19 years Barrell, Amanda. "At...

synovial joint are covered by a layer of hyaline cartilage that lines the epiphyses of the joint end of the bone with a smooth, slippery surface that prevents...

stature unusual facies Mental retardation short stature wedge shaped epiphyses Mental retardation skeletal dysplasia abducens palsy Mental retardation...