DeCS

Descriptor English:

Epiphyses

Descriptor Spanish:

Epífisis

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	epífisis
Scope note:	Terminaciones articulares dilatadas de los huesos largos, desarrolladas desde un centro de osificación secundario, que mientras dura el período de crecimiento están separadas de la diáfisis por el cartílago epifisario. (Dorland, 27th ed)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Epífises

Descriptor French:

Épiphyses (os)

Entry term(s):

Épiphyse (os)
Épiphyse osseuse

Tree number(s):

A02.835.232.251

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004838

Scope note:

The head of a long bone that is separated from the shaft by the epiphyseal plate until bone growth stops. At that time, the plate disappears and the head and shaft are united.

Annotation:

IM GEN or unspecified; NIM with specific long bone IM; DIAPHYSES (shaft of long bones) is also available

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

4918

Unique ID:

D004838

NLM Classification:

WE 200

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01