Casting & Proper At Home Care. 1  In the case of some wrist fractures, no surgery is necessary and casting is all that is required to reset the bone. 2  Casts are also used after surgery to immobilize the arm while it heals. 3  A cast will usually stay on for six weeks following surgery.
apophysis - (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra. vertebra - one of the bony segments of the spinal column. appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; a bony process.
The metaphysis (/mÉtËaefÉ¨sÉ¨s/) mÉtËÃ¦fÉ¨sÉ¨s is the wide portion of a long bone between the epiphysis and the narrow. Diaphysis it is considered a part of the growth, plate the part of the bone that grows during childhood and as it, grows it ossifies near the diaphysis and the. epiphyses