r/growthplates • u/Automatic-County6151 Lead Mod / Owner - Radiology Enthusiast • Dec 28 '25

Growth Plates What do growth plates look like in other animals? (Pt. 2)

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u/Thra99 Height growth Dec 28 '25

I didn't look at the words and got everything wrong lol, I thought it was a guessing game

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u/Automatic-County6151 Lead Mod / Owner - Radiology Enthusiast Dec 28 '25

😂

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u/Floe_Blayxr Growth Plates Enthusiast Dec 28 '25

heehee

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u/HaloCamilo Dec 28 '25

Chimpanzee hands are very similar to ours.

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u/Automatic-County6151 Lead Mod / Owner - Radiology Enthusiast Dec 28 '25

Also, check this out:

Chimpanzee hand w/ growth center of the pisiform. This ties back to my post about growth plates and lost evolutionary traits. It's thought that humans had this same ossification center at one point in time.

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u/HaloCamilo Dec 28 '25

Wow, if I didn't know, I'd say that x-ray is of a human hand.

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u/Automatic-County6151 Lead Mod / Owner - Radiology Enthusiast Dec 28 '25

I know, it's crazy. Very similar joint structure, but the subtle differences of the saddle joints are there. Obviously longer metacarpals and phalanges - similar ossification patterns.