Fractures and Bone Healing

The epiphyseal plate or growth plate is found on the area where the long bones in growing up kids and adolescents are. This is also called as physis. The epiphyseal plate can be found on both ends of each long bone. The plate would help mold the shape and the length of the mature bone. Upon passing through the stage of adolescence wherein the bones and even the growth plate have already been developed, a solid bone will take the place of the plate. People Prone to Epiphyseal Fracture This bone facture only happens to kids and adolescents who still have their growth plate. Among all the bones in the skeleton, the growth plate is the most vulnerable. It would take a stronger force to break ligaments and tendons than the growth plate. Thus, when kids fall or meet an accident, the growth plate is likely the first casualty. This still holds true and is evident when even during a serious injury the ligaments and tendons might be saved without any harm at all while you will suffer from...