A cone-shaped appearance of the epiphyses of the fingers of the hand, producing a 'ball-in-a-socket' appearance. The related entity 'angel-shaped' epiphysis refers to a pronounced cone-shaped epiphysis in combination with a pseudoepiphysis at the distal end of a phalanx.
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Cone-shaped end part of finger bones; Cone-shaped epiphyses of hand; Cone-shaped epiphyses of the fingers; Coned epiphyses of hands; Conical phalangeal epiphyses