• Question: what is a growing plate?

    Asked by megan douglas to Hummy, Lewis, James, Sandra on 12 Mar 2017.
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      Lewis Wright answered on 12 Mar 2017:

      Growth plates are at each end of bones, and are how bones grow in length by extending outwards.
      Growth plates are found in children, since they are still growing, and once you are fully grown, the plates turn to solid bone.

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