EPIPHYSEAL DISC – 2
The following pages will deal with the band seen in cross sections of long bones between the epiphysis and the diaphysis. Its is called called epiphiseal disc or epiphyseal plate or growth plate.
The main events that result in the longitudinal growth of a long bone take place in the epiphysial disk. The next pages will be present details of its structure and of the growth mechanism of long bones .
Bear in mind that the epiphyseal plate, seen in histological sections as a band, is actually a disc formed mostly of hyaline cartilage.
