metaphysis

Examples of metaphysis in the following topics:

• Nerve and Blood Supply

  • After epiphyseal fusion in the growth of long bones, communication between the circulosus vasculosus and the end arteries of the metaphysis are established.
  • This minimizes the chances of osteomyelitis in the metaphysis.

• Growth of Bone

  • The metaphysis is the wide portion of a long bone between the epiphysis and the narrow diaphysis.
  • After the zone of calcified matrix, there is the zone of ossification, which is actually part of the metaphysis .
  • Arteries from the metaphysis branch through the newly-formed trabeculae in this zone.
  • The bottom-most row is the zone of ossification which is part of the metaphysis.

• Cartilaginous Joints: Synchodroses

  • The epiphyseal plate is a hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone.

• Development of Joints

  • Between the epiphysis and diaphysis (the long midsection of the long bone) lies the metaphysis, including the epiphyseal plate (growth plate) .

• Supply of Blood and Nerves to Bone

  • Blood supply of the immature bones is similar, but the epiphysis is a discrete vascular zone separated from the metaphysis by the growth plate.

• Postnatal Bone Growth

  • Between the epiphysis and diaphysis (the long midsection of the long bone) lies the metaphysis, including the epiphyseal plate (growth plate).