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The 7 pages that link to Epiphyseal plate, each with the reason it gives.

• CartilageBroader topic: Its cartilage is gradually replaced by bone as long bones lengthen.

• Endochondral ossificationBroader topic: Its cartilage is continually replaced by bone, allowing the shaft to lengthen.

• AcromegalyRelated: Closed growth plates explain why adult excess enlarges bones in width rather than height.

• OssiconeRelated: Ossicone growth continues through a cartilage cap that later ossifies.

• Precocious pubertyBroader topic: Sex hormones accelerate its maturation and eventual closure.

• Human skeletonBroader topic: Its eventual closure ends the increase in long-bone length.

• Legg–Calvé–Perthes diseaseRelated: Disease and treatment can affect growth around the proximal femur.