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Physeal growth plate

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Physeal growth zone (18 weeks) Physeal growth zone (18 weeks) Fetal resting cartilage (18 weeks) Fetal resting cartilage (18 weeks) Zone of chondrocytic proliferation (18 weeks) Zone of chondrocytic proliferation (18 weeks) Zone of chondrocytic proliferation (18 weeks) Zone of chondrocytic proliferation (18 weeks) Zone of chondrocytic hypertrophy (left) and degeneration (right) Zone of chondrocytic degeneration Zone of chondrocytic degeneration Zone of chondrocytic hypertrophy (left) and degeneration (right) Physeal growth plate in a 10 year-old child
physeal growth zone, epiphyseal growth zone, physis

Four poorly demarcated zones

- resting cartilage
- zone of chondrocytic proliferation
- zones of provisional calcification (physis)

  • zone of chondrocytic hypertrophy
  • zone of chondrocytic degeneration

Anomalies

- poorly defined physeal growth plate

Diseases

- osteochondrodysplasias

See also

- enchondral ossification

Videos

- Enchondral ossification (by Washington deceit)

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