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Physeal growth plate

Thursday 13 January 2005

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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