EPIPHYSEAL DISC – 2
The following pages will deal with the disk of cartilage placed between the epiphysis and the diaphysis of growing long bones. Its is called epiphyseal disc, 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 present details of its structure and of the growth mechanism of long bones.
Bear in mind that the epiphyseal disk is seen in histological sections as a band formed mostly of hyaline cartilage.
