What does a high TSH mean? TSH or thyroid stimulating hormone is a hormone produced in the anterior pituitary gland. This is used to help stimulate the thyroid to produce triiodothyronine (T3) or thyroxine (T4), hormones that help stimulate the metabolism.
An epiphyseal plate, more commonly known as a growth plate, is a anatomical structure present at the ends of the long bones of children and adolescents. These plates contain rapidly dividing cells that allow bones to become longer until the end of puberty.
Each long bone has at least two growth plates-one at each end. This is where the long bones grow. When young people finish growing, the growth plates close and are replaced by solid bone. Growth plate injuries occur mainly at the wrist, bones of the legs, or in the ankle, foot, or hip bones.he growth plate is the weakest part of the growing skeleton. Injuries to the plates are called fractures. Growth plate fractures happen twice as often in boys as in girls.