metaphysis in dogs

Zone of long bone that is between the epiphysis and diaphysis. Subdivision of diaphysis which forms the proximal or distal end of diaphysis next to the epiphysis; together with diaphysis proper, it constitutes the diaphysis. Examples: proximal metaphysis of humerus, distal metaphysis of femur.[FMA]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the metaphysis is

Zone of long bone that is between the epiphysis and diaphysis. Subdivision of diaphysis which forms the proximal or distal end of diaphysis next to the epiphysis; together with diaphysis proper, it constitutes the diaphysis. Examples: proximal metaphysis of humerus, distal metaphysis of femur.[FMA]. The atlas records it as a bone at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the metaphysis is

It sits within the skeletal system. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.

What the metaphysis connects to

The atlas records 12 typed relationships for it, across 6 kinds of connection. part of diaphysis.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the metaphysis. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as diaphyseal end of long bone, long bone metaphysis and metaphyses. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001438, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: diaphysis.
• A kind of: zone of long bone.
• Adjacent to: diaphysis proper.
• subtype: distal metaphysis of femur, metaphysis of femur, metaphysis of humerus, metaphysis of radius, metaphysis of tibia and proximal metaphysis of femur, and 1 more.
• contributes to morphology of: long bone.
• contains: epiphyseal plate.

Questions

Where is the metaphysis?

It sits within the skeletal system. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.

What does the metaphysis connect to?

Part of: diaphysis.

Is the metaphysis the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.