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Descriptor English: Growth Plate
Descriptor Spanish: Placa de Crecimiento
Descriptor placa de crecimiento
Entry term(s) cartílago de conjunción
cartílago de crecimiento
cartílago epifisario
placa epifisaria
Scope note: Área entre la epífisis y la diáfisis en la cual tiene lugar el crecimiento del hueso.
Descriptor Portuguese: Lâmina de Crescimento
Descriptor French: Lame épiphysaire
Entry term(s): Cartilage, Epiphyseal
Cartilages, Epiphyseal
Epiphyseal Cartilage
Epiphyseal Cartilages
Epiphyseal Plate
Epiphyseal Plates
Growth Plates
Plate, Epiphyseal
Plate, Growth
Plates, Epiphyseal
Plates, Growth
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.251.352
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006132
Scope note: The area between the EPIPHYSIS and the DIAPHYSIS within which bone growth occurs.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Entry Combination: injuries:Salter-Harris Fractures
Previous Indexing: Cartilage (1966-1983)
Epiphyses (1966-1983)
Public MeSH Note: 84
History Note: 84
Related: Bone Development MeSH
DeCS ID: 6282
Unique ID: D006132
NLM Classification: WE 200
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1984/01/01
Date of Entry: 1983/02/09
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Growth Plate - Preferred
Concept UI M0009657
Scope note The area between the EPIPHYSIS and the DIAPHYSIS within which bone growth occurs.
Preferred term Growth Plate
Entry term(s) Cartilage, Epiphyseal
Cartilages, Epiphyseal
Epiphyseal Cartilage
Epiphyseal Cartilages
Epiphyseal Plate
Epiphyseal Plates
Growth Plates
Plate, Epiphyseal
Plate, Growth
Plates, Epiphyseal
Plates, Growth



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