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#'''Germinal Zone''' - chondroblast division at a low rate, and self renewal.
 
#'''Germinal Zone''' - chondroblast division at a low rate, and self renewal.
 
#'''Proliferation Zone''' - chondroblast division at a fast rate.
 
#'''Proliferation Zone''' - chondroblast division at a fast rate.
#'''Maturation Zone''' - chondroblast
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#'''Maturation Zone''' - chondroblast differentiation into chondrocytes.
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#'''Hypertrophic Zone''' - chondrosytes enlarge and then die.
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#'''Dead cells''' become the matrix for bone growth.
       
===Width===
 
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