diaphysis

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The diaphysis, or central shaft, contains bone marrow in a marrow cavity.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The entire length of the shaft is the diaphysis.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

A long bone has two parts: the diaphysis and the epiphysis.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Capillaries and osteoblasts from the diaphysis penetrate this zone, and the osteoblasts secrete bone tissue on the remaining calcified cartilage.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Tuberculous foci in the bones are met with chiefly in the lower end of the diaphysis of the humerus; in children, the epiphyses are so small that the ossifying junction is intra-articular.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander