What's the difference between epiphyses and epiphysis?
Epiphyses
Definition:
(pl. ) of Epiphysis
Example Sentences:
(1) It reduced serum AP levels, increased serum Ca levels, increased bone ash weight, epiphyseal and metaphyseal bone volume, with a concomitant reduction in epiphyseal and metaphyseal bone marrow volume.
(2) Dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica - an epiphyseal developmental disturbance of the skeleton - is combined with exostose-like, tumor-simulating cartilaginous hypertrophy of bone tissue, mainly located at the epiphyses of the lower extremities and at the tarsal bones.
(3) Cells taking up label are found scattered throughout the large cartilaginous epiphyses.
(4) Growth plate germinal cell division is directly related to the epiphyseal vascular respect.
(5) Chick epiphyseal chondrocytes are isolated from 15 day old embryos and subsequently grown as small high density cultures (aggregates consisting of 2 X 10(5) cells), which can be handled individually.
(6) The administration of androgens to adolescent boys with constitutional delay in growth has been highly controversial because of the possibility of premature epiphyseal closure and reduced final height.
(7) Osteopetrosis is diffuse and is associated with important metaphyseal widening as well as epiphyseal irregularities and often carpal and tarsal supernumerary bones.
(8) There is emerging evidence for specific binding sites and biologic action for 24,25(OH)2D3 in the epiphyseal cartilage.
(9) The most common fracture type was a green-stick fracture (51.6%), and 18.5% of fractures were epiphyseal injuries.
(10) The results show that epiphyseal distraction is a valid method of limb lengthening, but it appears to have a consistently harmful effect on the growth plate and should be used clinically only in patients close to maturity.
(11) Discordant segregation between COL2A1 and the mutant locus was seen in pedigrees with multiple epiphyseal dysplasia, autosomal recessive spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda, hypochondroplasia, pseudoachondroplasia, diaphyseal aclasis, and trichorhinophalangeal syndrome.
(12) Tissue from the epiphyseal plate of a patient with Morquio type A syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA) was studied by undecalcified histological and electron microscopical techniques.
(13) The mean thickness of epiphyseal plates form control rats was 430 micrometers (mum) which was reduced to 313 mum in hypoxic rats.
(14) The combination of triradiate epiphyseal closure and abductor muscle weakness secondary to superior gluteal nerve damage contributed to subsequent femoral head subluxation.
(15) Neither the metaphyses nor epiphyseal ossification centres were affected by the condition.
(16) The shortening of extremities observed by us are to be attributed to partial damages of the epiphyseal cartilage on account of the operation and may be avoided by a more careful operation procedure.
(17) A case of dyschondrosteosis in a 13 years old boy, with multiple epiphyseal changes, atypical Madelung's deformity, stenosis of the lumbar spinal canal and dolichophalangy is described.
(18) Ivory epiphyses ovvurred more often in children in the lower socio-economic class and children with hemoglobin AA.
(19) The main difference concerns the superior femoral epiphyses which are more flattened and spread out.
(20) This kind of surgery may pose special problems for children, when one or two epiphyses must be sacrificed.
Epiphysis
Definition:
(n.) The end, or other superficial part, of a bone, which ossifies separately from the central portion, or diaphysis.
(n.) The cerebral epiphysis, or pineal gland. See Pineal gland, under Pineal.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the other, the proximal fibula was excised and the epiphysis placed across the saphenous artery and vein in the groin.
(2) Radiographically the bone cyst distinguishes itself by its central localisation in the metaphysis, where as the giant cell tumor has an excentric position in the epiphysis with a tendency of extending into the metaphysis.
(3) In skeletal remains of immature children, the epiphysis is not usually available to estimate age.
(4) The axes of these lines converge in a frontal plane on the epiphysis.
(5) The chief characteristics of stage 18 (approximately 44 postovulatory days) are rapidly growing basal nuclei; appearance of the extraventricular bulge of the cerebellum (flocculus), of the superior cerebellar peduncle, and of follicles in the epiphysis cerebri; and the presence of vomeronasal organ and ganglion, of the bucconasal membrane, and of isolated semicircular ducts.
(6) Importance must also be given to the lowered sensibility of epiphysial growth zones to male sex hormone; this reduced sensibility is especially to be seen in chromatin-positive men.
(7) A single application of fluoride to the epiphysis of the femur induced accelerated bone formation.
(8) The treatment consisted of bolting the capitular epiphysis (head) of the femur with a homologous bone chip.
(9) Under those conditions a decrease in the epiphysis density and calcium and phosphorus content both in the shinbone and in the femur of the left extremity was similar both in pseudo-operated and ovariectomized rats.
(10) A girl with growth hormone deficiency developed a necrosis of the femoral capital epiphysis 6 months after the start of human growth hormone treatment.
(11) In relation to two rare cases of fracture-separation of the os acromiale, 26 other cases of defective epiphysial fusion were studied.
(12) The ability of matrix vesicles isolated from the epiphysial growth plate of 6-week-old chicks to facilitate the precipitation of calcium phosphate was studied in vitro.
(13) A varus pin position resulting in a more inferior pin placement in the proximal femoral epiphysis was found to be associated with the fewest complications.
(14) Twenty children with fracture-separation of the entire distal humeral epiphysis have been reported.
(15) The transfer of vascularized epiphysis with its growth plate has been shown in animal limbs to achieve a rate of growth comparable with the normal site.
(16) Their main drawbacks might be damage of the distal tibial epiphysis and of the functions of the ankle joint and talo-calcaneonavicular joint.
(17) With rapid distraction at rates of 1 mm per day (distractional epiphyseolysis) separation of the epiphysis from the metaphysis occurred by day 7, and by day 70 almost complete ossification of the cartilage and the elongated segment was evident.
(18) Plain radiographs demonstrated a well-defined lytic lesion in the epiphysis.
(19) Osteosarcoma in the metaphysis to epiphysis of the left femur of a 17-year-old male is reported.
(20) The presence of a proximal tibial epiphysis of 1 or 2 mm was associated with a gestational age of greater than 36 weeks in 88% of fetuses, whereas a proximal tibial epiphysis greater than or equal to 3 mm was associated with a gestational age of greater than 38 weeks in 94% of fetuses.