Complete each sentence by dragging the proper word or phrase into the appropriat

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Complete each sentence by dragging the proper word or phrase into the appropriate position. Elongation of bones is accomplished via ____ growth. Growth in the epiphyseal plate adds to the ____ of a bone until the plate is depleted in early adulthood. The ____ is a layer of hyaline cartilage with a metaphysics on each side. When the cartiage is depleted, the epiphyseal plates ____ and the bone can get no longer. The internal mark in the bone left behind by the closed epiphyseal plate is called the ____.

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1. Appopositional growth

2.length

3.epiphyseal plate

4 close

5.epiphyseal line

Epiphyseal plate is the hyaline cartilage present in metaphysis of long bones. This helps in lengthening of bone. They close after adolescence, and get replaced by epiphyseal line

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