epiphyseal plate

Preferred Label : epiphyseal plate;

Uberon definition : A hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone. The plate is found in children and adolescents; in adults, who have stopped growing, the plate is replaced by an epiphyseal line.;

Uberon synonym : epiphyseal growth plate; epiphysial plate; long bone epiphyseal plate; epiphyseal growth plate cartilage;

Uberon related term : epiphyseal cartilage; epiphyseal disk; cartilago epiphysialis; physis; growth plate; epiphyseal growth disk;

Details

Origin ID

0002516;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Epiphyseal Plate [NCIt concept]
- Epiphyseal plate [FMA entity]
- Epiphysial plate [FMA entity]
- Structure of epiphyseal plate (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- epiphyseal plate [Radlex concept]
- growth plate [MeSH Descriptor]
Uberon cross reference
- Epiphyseal plate (body structure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Epiphysial plate [FMA entity]
develops into
- epiphyseal line [UBERON concept]
has part
- long bone epiphyseal ossification zone [UBERON concept]
- zone of epiphyseal plate [UBERON concept]
part of
- metaphysis [UBERON concept]

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