The epiphysis is filled with red bone marrow, which produces erythrocytes (red blood cells). There are four types of epiphysis: Pressure epiphysis: The...
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Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE or skiffy, slipped upper femoral epiphysis, SUFE or souffy, coxa vara adolescentium) is a medical term referring...
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Pineal gland (redirect from Epiphysis cerebri)
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...
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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...
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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...
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Limp (section Slipped capital femoral epiphysis)
other serious causes, such as septic arthritis or slipped capital femoral epiphysis, may be present. The diagnostic approach involves ruling out potentially...
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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...
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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,...
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progressively eroded and replaced by hardened bone, extending towards the epiphysis. A perichondrium layer surrounding the cartilage forms the periosteum...
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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...
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