PHYSIOLOGY
MUSCLE RECEPTORS
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Question
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The ends of a long bone are called the
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Diaphysis
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Epiphysis
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Periosteum
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Spongy bone tissue
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -epiphysis, expanded end of the long bones in animals, which ossifies separately from the bone shaft but becomes fixed to the shaft when full growth is attained. The epiphysis is made of spongy cancellous bone covered by a thin layer of compact bone .
Detailed explanation-2: -Epiphyseal plate Definition-The epiphyseal plate (also known as the epiphyseal plate, physic, or growth plate) is a hyaline cartilage plate found at either end of a long bone in the metaphysis.
Detailed explanation-3: -The ends of epiphyses are covered with hyaline cartilage ("articular cartilage").
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