title: Clinical physiology and pathology of the growth plate.
abstract: This chapter reviews the unique anatomical and histological maturation of long bones and cuboid bones with emphasis on the means available to evaluate them in the clinical setting as they are represented in the hand and wrist radiogram. It summarizes the endocrine regulation of these maturational processes and attempts to uncover endocrine function and malfunctions as they unfold in the radiogram.
authors.affiliation: Meyer Children Hospital, Rambam Medical Center, POB 9602, Haifa 31096, Israel.
authors.forename: Ze'ev
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hochberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D004702:Endocrine Glands / Q000502:physiology; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006132:Growth Plate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000254:growth & development*; D006728:Hormones / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones