| PHYSES | • physes n. Plural of physis. • -physes suff. Plural of -physis. • PHYSIS n. (Greek) the part of a bone that is responsible for lengthening, aka growth plate. |
| APOPHYSES | • apophyses n. Plural of apophyse. • APOPHYSIS n. an expanded or projecting part of an organism, esp. of bone. |
| DIAPHYSES | • diaphyses n. Plural of diaphysis. • DIAPHYSIS n. (Greek) the shaft of a long bone. |
| EPIPHYSES | • epiphyses n. Plural of epiphysis. • EPIPHYSIS n. any portion of a bone having its own centre of ossification. |
| SYMPHYSES | • symphyses n. Plural of symphysis. • SYMPHYSIS n. the union or growing together of bones. |
| HYPOPHYSES | • hypophyses n. Plural of hypophysis. • HYPOPHYSIS n. the pituitary gland. |
| PARAPHYSES | • paraphyses n. Plural of paraphysis. • PARAPHYSIS n. a sterile filament or hair borne among the sporangia. |
| DIAPOPHYSES | • diapophyses n. Plural of diapophysis. • DIAPOPHYSIS n. a dorsal transverse process of a vertebra. |
| LITHOPHYSES | • lithophyses n. Plural of lithophyse. • LITHOPHYSE n. a bladderlike spherulite, also LITHOPHYSA. |
| PARAPOPHYSES | • parapophyses n. Plural of parapophysis. • PARAPOPHYSIS n. a ventral transverse process of a vertebra. |
| ZYGAPOPHYSES | • zygapophyses n. Plural of zygapophysis. • ZYGAPOPHYSIS n. any of the yoke-pieces or articulations of the vertebrae. |
| PLEURAPOPHYSES | • pleurapophyses n. Plural of pleurapophysis. • PLEURAPOPHYSIS n. a lateral process of a vertebra, with the morphological character of a rib. |
| ADENOHYPOPHYSES | • adenohypophyses n. Plural of adenohypophysis. • ADENOHYPOPHYSIS n. the anterior glandular lobe of the pituitary gland. |
| NEUROHYPOPHYSES | • neurohypophyses n. Plural of neurohypophysis. • NEUROHYPOPHYSIS n. the portion of the pituitary gland that is composed of the infundibulum and posterior lobe and is concerned with the secretion of various hormones. |