I've heard of people with gigantism who just keep growing and growing. Robert Wadlow, for instance, who was nearly nine feet tall, was still growing when he died. Wouldn't growth plate closure stop them from growing past a certain age?
the secondary ossification centers are formed in a process that involves the removal of part of the embryonic cartilage. A portion of the cartilage, known as the growth plate or physis, persists between the structures formed within the primary and secondary ossification centers. The cartilage growth...
Background: Fractures of hands and feet are common in children, but relevant epidemiological studies are currently lacking. We aim to study the epidemiological characteristics of hand and foot fractures and growth plate injuries in children and provide a theoretical basis for th...
Growth in the length of long bones in vertebrates occurs in the A、diaphysis B、epiphysis C、growth plate D、ossification centers 查看答案
An auxological measuring apparatus in which there is provided a flat surface which is preferably horizontal, having on it a plate arranged for contact by the feet of a person with his back against the surface and on the case of a horizontal surface lying supine on it, there being a carriag...
Epiphyseal growth plate growth hormone receptor signaling is decreased in chronic kidney disease-related growth retardation. Linear growth retardation in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been ascribed to insensitivity to growth hormone. This resistance state has bee... A Troib,D Landau,...
A functional shoe in which stimulant for growth extension acceleration is equipped is provided to facilitate height growth by transmitting physical stimuli and electrical stimuli simultaneously to stimulate a growth plate. The functional shoe includes an ankle stimulating member(20), a heel stimulating me...
Using immunohistochemistry we found that neuroepithelial cells express the platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha (PDGFR-alpha) in the neural plate at embryonic day 8.5 and onwards in the neural tube. The protein was polarized to ventricular endfeet. Furthermore, PDGFR-alpha expression was ...
Many 7 footers also profit by getting into basketball relatively early. While scouts canvas the globe for super-sized warm bodies –“I’ll check up on anyone over 7 feet that’s breathing,” NBA scouting director Ryan Blake told Torre in 2011 – they usually haven’t slipped through the ...
Mr. J. F. Bateman, the well-known hydraulic engineer, in his report on the proposed harbour of Buenos Ayres, fixes the minimum flow of the River Plate at 670,000 cubic feet per second. Assuming its mean volume at 700,000 cubic feet per second (a quantity very much under the mark),...