Growth-plate injuries of the shoulder and elbow are common injuries in youth and adolescent baseball players. The growth-plate (epiphyseal plate or physis) is an area of cartilage at the end of a bone ...

If your child's been injured you may have learned about growth plates, but if not, you may not know what they are or why they are important.

In a model of growth retardation secondary to chronic kidney disease (CKD) induced by adenine, this study explores the effects of growth hormone (GH) therapy on growth plate and mineral metabolism.

Researchers report that bone growth in mice takes place in accordance with the same principles as when new cells are constantly produced in blood, skin and other tissue. This contradicts the previous ...

Bone growth occurs through the proliferation of specialized cells of the cartilage tissue, known as chondrocytes, on either end of a bone. This process requires the synthesis of extracellular matrix ...

Dhruv B. Pateder, Roman A. Eliseev, Regis J. O'Keefe, Edward M. Schwarz, Paul Okunieff, Louis S. Constine, J. Edward Puzas, Randy N. Rosier Radiation Research, Vol ...

Your child’s growth plate is a very important and delicate part of your child’s developing musculoskeletal system. Also called the epiphyseal plate or physis, the growth plate is an area of growing ...

Exposure to blue light, like that from smartphones or tablets, may accelerate bone growth and bone age, leading to early puberty in rats. This research, presented at the 62nd Annual European Society ...

Background The cartilage of the epiphyseal plate might be 2–5 times weaker than surrounding fibrous tissue; therefore epiphyseal (growth) plates are very sensitive to their surrounding mechanical ...