The spinal length in boys may be short due to a rapid advance in epiphyseal maturation.
Although some people with recessive multiple epiphyseal dysplasia have short stature as adults, most are of normal height.
Mutations in this gene are associated with multiple epiphyseal dysplasia.
Individuals without it (or other estrogens) will become tall and eunuchoid, as epiphyseal closure is delayed or may not take place.
In the spongiosa, the chondrocytes are arranged in accordance with the epiphyseal growth plate.
Both hyaline cartilage and chondroid in turn undergo calcification and endochondral cancellous bone formation mimicking epiphyseal plate-like cartilage.
Between the epiphysis and diaphysis (the long midsection of the long bone) lies the metaphysis, including the epiphyseal plate (growth plate).
A latent cyst is located away from the epiphyseal plate and is more likely to heal with treatment.
