Editing Long bone (section)

==Clinical significance==
There are two [[congenital disorder]]s of the long bones. In a disorder known as ''rachitis fetalis anularis'' the ends of the long bones (epiphyses) are enlarged.<ref name="Dorland's">{{cite book|last1=al.]|first1=consultants Daniel Albert ... [et|title=Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary.|date=2012|publisher=Saunders/Elsevier|location=Philadelphia, PA|isbn=978-1-4160-6257-8|page=1570|edition=32nd}}</ref> Another disorder, ''rachitis fetalis micromelica'', is a deficiency in the growth (as a shortness) of the bones.<ref name="Dorland's"/>

There is a surgical procedure called [[distraction osteogenesis]] which is used to lengthen long bones.<ref name="Mucci">{{Cite book|last1=Mucci|first1=Grace A.|last2=Torno|first2=Lilibeth R.|title=Handbook of Long Term Care of The Childhood Cancer Survivor|date=2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781489975843|page=163|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLA0CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA163}}</ref>