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diaphysis

NOUN
  1. the main (mid) section of a long bone

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  • First, if the shaft of a long bone be hit above the junction of diaphysis and epiphysis, the cancellous tissue in and extending from the medullary cavity is pulverised, and examination of fragments from such fractures gives the impression of the inner aspect having been scraped clean. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
  • Interposed between the epiphysis and the diaphysis is the cartilaginous epiphyseal plate.
  • The forces of the two opposing groups of muscles result in twisting of the epiphysis and the diaphysis in opposite directions.
  • These ratios reflect the narrow and gracile diaphysis of the ulnae, compared to the massively expanded proximal epiphyses, where the lateral and medial processes are extended into narrow crests from the main shaft. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • The body, or diaphysis is cylindrical, with a central cavity termed the medullary canal; the wall consists of dense, compact tissue of considerable thickness in the middle part of the body, but becoming thinner toward the extremities; within the medullary canal is some cancellous tissue, scanty in the middle of the body but greater in amount toward the ends. II. Osteology. 1. Development of the Skeleton
  • The epiphyseal plate is joined to the diaphysis by columns of cancellous bone; this region is known as the metaphysis.
  • The tumor is eccentric, usually metaphyseal, but it may extend into the epiphysis or along the medullary cavity into the diaphysis.
  • The grafts were mounted onto steel cables and snap hooks in the load frame using either the holes in the tibial diaphysis or tendon graft loops.
  • Briefly, the femurs were cut in half at the middle of diaphysis and the proximal halves were discarded.
  • They stated that fractures of the proximal part of the diaphysis of the fifth metatarsal mainly occurred in basketball and soccer players.
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