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epiphysis

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001437


The head of a long bone that articulates with a neighboring skeletal element and is separated from the shaft by the epiphyseal plate until bone growth stops. At that time, the plate disappears and the head and shaft are united[MESH,modified]. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 MESH:A02.835.232.251 ]

Synonyms: long bone epiphysis, bone epiphysis, end of long bone, epiphyses

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

plural term
epiphyses

UBPROP 0000001

Cartilaginous expansion at the distal end of an anterior rib or transverse process that serves for the attachment of muscles suspending the pectoral girdle to the vertebral column.[AAO], Subdivision of long bone which forms its expanded proximal or distal articular end; together with other the subdivisions of long bone, it constitutes the long bone. Examples: proximal epiphysis of humerus, distal epiphysis of femur.

UBPROP 0000007

epiphysial, epiphyseal

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Illu_long_bone.jpg

id

UBERON:0001437

prefLabel

Epiphysis

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

see also

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006776