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Secondary ossification centre

An epiphysis: a discrete bony island that forms postnatally at the articular end of a long bone, separated from the diaphysis by the epiphyseal cartilage plate. Fusion of the epiphysis to the diaphysis terminates longitudinal bone growth at that site.

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Appendicular skeletonAxial skeletonEndochondral ossificationEpiphyseal fusionIntramembranous ossificationMedial clavicle epiphysisMukherjee 1955 datasetPrimary ossification centreScheuer-Black framework

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