In males, the avg age is 25. In females, the avg age is 21.
The epiphyseal plate (or epiphysial plate, physis, or growth plate), the hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone
Human bone growth!
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the epiphyseal plate is also called the growth plate. it is the area of cartilage between the diaphysis (the long shaft of the bone) and the epiphysis (the end of a bone). the cartilage will expand...
Cartilage druing youth, then they fuse together after adolescence. Sources: I have an A in physiology:)