It is considered a part of the growth plate, the part of the bone that grows during childhood and as it grows, it ossifies near the diaphysis and the epiphyses.
The center for the body appears near the middle of the diaphysis in the eighth week of fetal life, and soon extends toward the extremities.
They grow primarily by elongation of the diaphysis, with an epiphysis at each end of the growing bone.
Curettes are then used to remove the entire cyst from the diaphysis.
These daughter cells stack facing the epiphysis while the older cells are pushed towards the diaphysis.
The tibia is categorized as a long bone and is as such composed of a diaphysis and two epiphyses.
They originate from the growth plate, and are located in adjacent parts of the metaphysis and diaphysis of long bones, most often of the legs.
The diaphysis is the midsection of the tibia also known as shaft or body.
