Crossword-Solution: EPIPHYSIS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Epiphysis | n. | The end, or other superficial part, of a bone, which ossifies separately from the central portion, or diaphysis. |
| Epiphysis | n. | The cerebral epiphysis, or pineal gland. See Pineal gland, under Pineal. |
We have 4 clues for the answer “EPIPHYSIS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| BONE (long), end of a | 1 answer |
| BONE, growing part of the | 1 answer |
| CAP at end of long bone | 1 answer |
| END of long bone | 1 answer |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with EPIPHYSIS (5)
Harrison relates a curious case in which the swallowed lower epiphysis of the femur of a rabbit made its way from the bowel to the bladder, and was discharged thence by the urethra.
Five-sixths of the fractures occur between the time of weaning and the animal being six months old; not, perhaps, because of their chemical composition, that the bones are more fragile at this age; but because young dogs are more exposed to fall from the hands of the persons who carry them, and from the places to which they climb; and the extremities of the bones, then being in the state of epiphysis, are easily separated from the body of the bone.
The articular aspect of the epiphysis is invested with a thick layer of hyaline cartilage, known as the _articular cartilage_, which would appear to be mainly nourished from the synovia.
Except where muscles are attached it is easily separated from the bone; at the extremities it is intimately connected with the epiphysial cartilage and with the epiphysis, and at the margin of the latter it becomes continuous with the capsule of the adjacent joint.
The term _epiphysitis_ has been applied to an inflammatory process in two distinct situations--namely, the ossifying nucleus in the epiphysis, and the ossifying junction or metaphysis between the epiphysial cartilage and the diaphysis.