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This was a question on NBME 3. What do closed epiphyseal plates look like? I narrowed it down to absence of epiphyseal plates and calcified epiphyseal plates. I could kind of make an argument for either answer since I have not formally seen/read the exact mechanism on how they close. Calcified = become hard so can no longer do endochrondral ossification. Absence = the plates obliterate so see no sign of them anymore? Absence may have been hinting to some congenital anomaly, though, in which the kid doesn't grow. So Idk, anyone know?