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Anatomy
Bone Growth
Growth | At the Epiphyseal Plate |
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zone of resting cartilage | anchors growth plate to bone |
zone of proliferating cartilage | rapid cell division |
zone of hypertrophic cartilage | cells enlarged and remain in columns |
zone of calcified cartilage 1 | thin zone cells mostly dead since matrix calcified cartilage |
zone of calcified cartilage 2 | osteoclasts removing matrix |
zone of calcified cartilage 3 | osteoblasts and capillaries move in to create bone over calcified cartilage |