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Bone Response to Damage (view source)
Revision as of 08:38, 10 October 2007
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[[Image:Growth plate.jpg|left|thumb|100px|<small><center>Growth plate (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]]
[[Image:Growth plate.jpg|left|thumb|100px|<small><center>Growth plate (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]]
[[Image:Growth plate closer.jpg|right|thumb|100px|<small><center>Growth plate magnified(Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]]
[[Image:Growth plate closer.jpg|right|thumb|100px|<small><center>Growth plate magnified(Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]]
*Originates from the cartilage model that remains only at the junction of the diaphyseal and epiphyseal centres
*Originates from the cartilage model that remains only at the junction of the diaphyseal and epiphyseal centres
*Cartilage of metaphyseal growth plate is divided into: (from right to left on the magnified image)
** - Resting (reserve) zone
** - Proliferative zone
** - Hypertrophic zone
*Site of many '''congenital''' or '''nutritional''' bone diseases in the growing animal
*Site of many '''congenital''' or '''nutritional''' bone diseases in the growing animal
*'''Open''' in neonates and growing animals
*'''Open''' in neonates and growing animals
**Chondrocyte proliferation balances cell maturation and death
** - Chondrocyte proliferation balances cell maturation and death
*'''Closes and ossifies''' at maturity
*'''Closes and ossifies''' at maturity