What Is a Growth Plate? Growth plates are the areas of new bone growth in children and teens. They're made up of cartilage, a rubbery, flexible material (the nose, for instance, is made of cartilage).

What Is a Growth Plate? Growth plates are the areas of active, new bone growth near the ends of bones. They're made up of cartilage, a rubbery, flexible material (the nose, for instance, is made of ...

The growth plate is divided into several distinct regions, each populated with cartilage cells (chondrocytes) displaying characteristic behaviors. Nearest the heads of the bone is a germinal zone ...

Prompt diagnosis and treatment are important because an injury to the growth plate may affect how the bone will grow. An untreated or improperly treated growth plate fracture may result in one leg ...

Objectives Scintigraphic appearance of the normal growth plate changes with age. Full investigation of age related scintigraphic patterns of growth plate’s has not been reported. The objective of the ...

Growth plate fractures are very common injuries. Most fractures of the growth plate do not result in any problems; however, sometimes the fracture injures enough of the growth cartilage to prevent it ...

But some fractures that look simple to treat can cause serious problems for children or teens because their growth plates have been damaged. The first treatment your child receives for a fracture is ...