GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The epiphyseal plate (or epiphysial plate, physis, or growth plate) is a hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone.

Detailed explanation-2: -Growth in height is driven by elongation of long bones due to chondrogenesis at the epiphyseal plates, also known as the growth plate.

Detailed explanation-3: -The epiphyseal line, also known as the growth plate, is a line of hyanline cartilage that slowly shrinks and gets smaller as the long bones grow and ossify. This line is formed by the two separate ossification centers, one in the diaphysis and one in the epiphysis, that grow toward each other as they radiate outward.