Pulmonary specialists work closely with other doctors and nurses as a part of a medical care team. Pulmonary circulation is the movement of blood from the heart, to the lungs, and back to the heart again. A pulmonary specialist treats patients who have problems with their lungs or respiratory systems. Becoming a pulmonary specialist requires a major commitment to education. A pulmonary specialist must have a comforting bedside manner.
Cell plate is the structure found inside the dividing cells of terrestrial plants and some algae. It develops in the middle plane of the cell separating two daughter cells during cell division. In animal cells, cytokinesis is carried out by the formation of cleavage furrow but in plant cells it is by the formation of cell plate. Compare: cleavage furrow. See also: cell division, mitosis, telophase.
What is a growth plate? The growth plate (physis) is an area of developing tissue near the ends of long bones, between the widened part of the shaft of the bone (the metaphysis) and the end of the bone (the epiphysis). The growth plate regulates and helps determine the length and shape of the mature bone. The long bones of the body do not grow from the center outward. Instead, growth occurs at each end of the bone around the growth plate. The growth plate is the last portion of the bone to harden (ossify), which leaves it vulnerable to fracture. Because muscles and bones develop at different speeds, a child's bones may be weaker than the surrounding connective tissues (ligaments).