the part of a bone that is responsible for lengthening
Also called: growth plate
Examples of 'physis' in a sentence
physis
He had been diagnosed with a fracture through a persistent olecranon physis by another doctor.
T. Enishi, T. Matsuura, N. Suzue, K. Sairyo 2015, 'Fracture of a persistent olecranon physis in an adult', Trauma Case Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352644015000047. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The femoral fixation was through anchors that were placed above the physis.
Fabiano Kupczik, Marlus Eduardo Gunia Schiavon, Bruno Sbrissia, Lucas de Almeida Vieira,Thiago de Moura Bonilha 2013, 'Anchor proximal migration in the medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction inskeletally immature patients', Revista Brasileira de Ortopediahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162013000500465&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Only radiographs of the distal radius with fused physis were considered in this study.
Supreeth Nekkanti, Jacqueline Shah, Divyasri Mudundi, Vaishali Sakhuja, Varsha Shankar,Vijay Chandru 2018, 'A study of the radiographic morphometry of the distal radius in a south Indian population',Hand and Microsurgeryhttp://www.ejmanager.com/fulltextpdf.php?mno=285986. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A log-rank analysis revealed that contact with the physis was associated with recurrence (p = 0.006).
Hisaki Aiba, Masaaki Kobayashi, Yuko Waguri-Nagaya, Hideyuki Goto, Jun Mizutani, SatoshiYamada, Hideki Okamoto, Masahiro Nozaki, Hiroto Mitsui, Shinji Miwa, Makoto Kobayashi,Kojiro Endo, Shiro Saito, Taeko Goto, Takanobu Otsuka 2018, 'Treatment of simple bone cysts using endoscopic curettage: a case series analysis',Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Researchhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-018-0869-z. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Premature closure of physis was observed in two patients.
Rahul Ranjan, Abhinav Sinha, Naiyer Asif, Syed Ifthekar, Ashish Kumar, Suresh Chand 2018, 'Management of neglected lateral condyle fracture of humerus: A comparison betweentwo modalities of fixation', Indian Journal of Orthopaedicshttp://www.ijoonline.com/article.asp?issn=0019-5413;year=2018;volume=52;issue=4;spage=423;epage=429;aulast=Ranjan. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We review the literature and discuss how the stages of the growing physis determine the type of fracture sustained.
Ziad Harb, Arfan Malhi 2015, 'Bilateral Simultaneous Avulsion Fractures of the Proximal Tibia in a 14-Year-Old Athletewith Vitamin-D Deficiency', Case Reports in Orthopedicshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/783046. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Craniocaudal radiographs of the distal radius were taken at 18 months of age and until the fusion of the physis.
Carmen Lice Buchmann de Godoy, Luiz Carlos Vulcano, Flávio Augusto Marques Santos,Julio Cesar Mendes Soares 2004, 'Fechamento epifisário da extremidade distal do rádio de eqüinos da raça Brasileirade Hipismo (BH) Distal radius physeal closure in the Brasileiro de Hipismo horse breed(BH)', Ciência Ruralhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782004000600022. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The fracture was lateral to the medial physis of the clavicle and did not involve the sternoclavicular joint.
Michael J. Stark, Michael J. DeFranco 2017, 'Elastic Intramedullary Nailing of a Medial Clavicle Fracture in a Pediatric Patient',Case Reports in Orthopedicshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6354284. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)