Microbe colonies develop in larger sizes on sparsely seeded plates due to the abundance of plate surface they have for growth. Heavily seeded plates produce smaller colonies as they are forced to compete with one another for basic survival.
it hurts quite bad. I fractured my growth plate in my shoulder.I took a couple x rays and it had a tiny crack in the growth plate.
Epiphyseal plate
The epiphyseal plate.
break your growth plate...in your bone
A growth plate is a region of cartilage at the ends of long bones in children and adolescents where bone growth occurs. It eventually hardens into solid bone once growth is complete. Injuries to growth plates can affect bone growth and development.
If a growth plate fracture does not receive treatment, one likely result is significant pain. There's also the possibility that it will hinder proper development of a child's body.
Epiphyseal plate
In those who are not fully adult, growth plates are located on the ends of long bones. On the arm, the growth plate is located on the end of the humerus near the elbow.
When the epiphyseal plate is replaced by bone, then growth at that bone stops.
The scientific name for a growth plate is physis. It is a layer of cartilage located at the ends of bones in children and adolescents that allows for bone growth.
The epiphyseal disk is the growth plate in long bones that is found between the two epiphyses and the diaphysis. This is a space that remains as long as a person is growing. When growth is completed, the epiphyses and the diaphysis meet and fuse forming a line.