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  2. Epiphyseal plate - Wikipedia

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    The epiphyseal plate, epiphysial plate, physis, or growth plate is a hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone.It is the part of a long bone where new bone growth takes place; that is, the whole bone is alive, with maintenance remodeling throughout its existing bone tissue, but the growth plate is the place where the long bone grows longer (adds length).

  3. Ring of Fire - Wikipedia

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    The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) [note 1] is a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes. It is about 40,000 km (25,000 mi) long [ 1 ] and up to about 500 km (310 mi) wide, [ 2 ] and surrounds most of the Pacific Ocean .

  4. Epiphysis - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] Between the epiphysis and diaphysis (the long midsection of the long bone) lies the metaphysis, including the epiphyseal plate (growth plate). During formation of the secondary ossification center, vascular canals (epiphysial canals) stemming from the perichondrium invade the epiphysis, supplying nutrients to the developing secondary ...

  5. Geology of the Pacific Northwest - Wikipedia

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    These two plates converge at 3–4 centimetres (1.2–1.6 in) per year at present. This is only about half the rate of convergence of 7 million years ago. [2] The small Juan de Fuca Plate and two platelets, the Explorer Plate and Gorda Plate are the meager remnants of the much larger Farallon oceanic plate. The Explorer Plate broke away from ...

  6. Epiphyseal line - Wikipedia

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    An epiphyseal line is an epiphyseal plate that has become ossified. [1] The process of it forming from an epiphyseal plate is named epiphyseal closure . [ 2 ] In adult humans, it marks the point of fusion between the epiphysis and the metaphysis .

  7. A ‘ring of fire’ will soon appear in the skies over some ...

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    An annular solar eclipse will create a “ring of fire” phenomenon in the sky over parts of South America on Wednesday. A partial eclipse will appear over Hawaii.

  8. Metaphysis - Wikipedia

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    The metaphysis (pl.: metaphyses) is the neck portion of a long bone between the epiphysis and the diaphysis. [1] It contains the growth plate , the part of the bone that grows during childhood, and as it grows it ossifies near the diaphysis and the epiphyses.

  9. Ring of Fire (1991 documentary film) - Wikipedia

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    It looks at some of the varieties of volcanism and earthquake activity in the Ring of Fire, around the Pacific Rim. The film runs 40 minutes. The film runs 40 minutes. The film was jointly presented by the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History in Fort Worth, Texas , the Science Museum of Minnesota in Saint Paul, Minnesota , and the Reuben H ...