The epiphysis is filled with red bone marrow, which produces erythrocytes (red blood cells). There are four types of epiphysis: Pressure epiphysis: The...

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

osteochondritis deformans juvenilis (osteochondritis of the capitular head of the epiphysis of the femur) and osteochondritis deformans juvenilis dorsi (osteochondrosis...

which forms the tuberosity; that for the lower epiphysis appears in the second year. The lower epiphysis fuses with the tibial shaft at about the eighteenth...

The pineal gland (also known as the pineal body or epiphysis cerebri) is a small endocrine gland in the brain of most vertebrates. It produces melatonin...

the fourth year. The lower epiphysis, the first to ossify, unites with the body about the twentieth year; the upper epiphysis joins about the twenty-fifth...

other serious causes, such as septic arthritis or slipped capital femoral epiphysis, may be present. The diagnostic approach involves ruling out potentially...

metaphysis (pl.: metaphyses) is the neck portion of a long bone between the epiphysis and the diaphysis. It contains the growth plate, the part of the bone...

the epiphysis: 75% incidence, takes approximately 12-90 weeks or more in the spine to heal. Type III – A fracture through growth plate and epiphysis, sparing...

in the female. It has two surfaces and four borders. It is a traction epiphysis. The lateral surface, quadrilateral in form, is broad, rough, convex,...

- inferior epiphysis. Anterior view. Trochlea. Posterior view. Humerus - inferior epiphysis. Posterior view. Humerus - superior epiphysis. Anterior view...

aspect of the distal tibial epiphysis. It occurs in older adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 when the medial epiphysis had closed but before the...

progressively eroded and replaced by hardened bone, extending towards the epiphysis. A perichondrium layer surrounding the cartilage forms the periosteum...

epiphyseal closure. In adult humans, it marks the point of fusion between the epiphysis and the metaphysis. The epiphyseal line serves no function in the bone...

the physis and posterior inferior displacement of the capital femoral epiphysis. On the AP view Klein’s line, tangent to the lateral aspect of the femoral...

under constant division by mitosis. These daughter cells stack facing the epiphysis while the older cells are pushed towards the diaphysis. As the older chondrocytes...

Legg believed the cause was impairment of blood supply to the femoral epiphysis, Calvé believed rickets, and Perthes deduced an infection possibly causing...

(LCPD) Osteoarthritis Pelvic girdle pain (PGP) Slipped capital femoral epiphysis Tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS) Trauma GP Notebook CALVÉ; et al. (1939)....

of the Foot  The phalanx ends in a crescent-shaped rough cap of bone epiphysis — the apical tuft (or ungual tuberosity/process) which covers a larger...

Metatarsus Mathis, SK; Frame, BA; Smith, CE (1989). "Distal first metatarsal epiphysis. A common pediatric variant". Journal of the American Podiatric Medical...

ossification occurs. Ewing sarcoma tends to occur at the diaphysis. Long bone Epiphysis Metaphysis OED 2nd edition, 1989. Entry "diaphysis" in Merriam-Webster...

mobility. They grow primarily by elongation of the diaphysis, with an epiphysis at each end of the growing bone. The ends of epiphyses are covered with...

trochanter and the capital femoral epiphysis. This physis divides as growth continues in a balance that favors the capital epiphysis and creates a normal neck...

Babiński-Fröhlich syndrome (commonly associated with slipped capital femoral epiphysis),Froelich's syndrome, Fröhlich's Syndrome, Hypothalamic Infantilism-Obesity...

represent a new disease entity. "Paraplegia – brachydactyly – cone-shaped epiphysis". ORPHANET. Retrieved 2007-03-17. Fitzsimmons J, Guilbert P (1987). "Spastic...

ossification. Also known as the shaft. dia- + physis, "between the growth parts" epiphysis The end regions of a long bone; regions of secondary ossification. epi-...

facial traits Increased coarseness of the skin Premature closure of the epiphysis Deepening of the voice In countries where the use of these drugs is controlled...

Muscle Atrophy Deep fibular nerve injury Spondylolisthesis Slipped Femoral Epiphysis ALS/PLS "Definition: steppage gait from Online Medical Dictionary". "Walking...

superior femoral epiphysis on an AP radiograph of the pelvis. Trethowan's sign is indicative of a diagnosis of slipped capital femoral epiphysis. Southwick...

remains is at the articular cartilage covering the epiphysis and at the epiphyseal plate between the epiphysis and diaphysis. This article incorporates text...