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  2. Cartilage - Wikipedia

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    In all vertebrates, cartilage is the main skeletal tissue in early ontogenetic stages; [3] [4] in osteichthyans, many cartilaginous elements subsequently ossify through endochondral and perichondral ossification. [5]

  3. Hyaline cartilage - Wikipedia

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    Hyaline cartilage is the most common kind of cartilage in the human body. [2] It is primarily composed of type II collagen and proteoglycans. [2] Hyaline cartilage is located in the trachea, nose, epiphyseal plate, sternum, and ribs. [2] Hyaline cartilage is covered externally by a fibrous membrane known as the perichondrium. [2]

  4. Epiphyseal plate - Wikipedia

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    The epiphyseal plate, epiphysial plate, physis, or growth plate is a hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone.It is the part of a long bone where new bone growth takes place; that is, the whole bone is alive, with maintenance remodeling throughout its existing bone tissue, but the growth plate is the place where the long bone grows longer (adds length).

  5. Ossification center - Wikipedia

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    An ossification center is a point where ossification of the hyaline cartilage begins. The first step in ossification is that the chondrocytes at this point become hypertrophic and arrange themselves in rows. [1] The matrix in which they are imbedded increases in quantity, so that the cells become further separated from each other.

  6. Endochondral ossification - Wikipedia

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    Zone of calcification In this zone, chondrocytes are either dying or dead, leaving cavities that will later become invaded by bone-forming cells. Chondrocytes here die when they can no longer receive nutrients or eliminate wastes via diffusion. This is because the calcified matrix is much less hydrated than hyaline cartilage. Zone of ossification

  7. Chondrocyte - Wikipedia

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    In the middle zone, chondrocytes are larger and more rounded and display a random distribution, in which the collagen fibers also are more randomly arranged. In the deeper zones, chondrocytes form columns that are oriented perpendicular to the cartilage surface, along with the collagen fibers.

  8. Epiphysis - Wikipedia

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    4 References. Toggle the table of contents ... At the joint, the epiphysis is covered with articular cartilage; below that covering is a zone similar to the ...

  9. Long bone - Wikipedia

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    The ends of epiphyses are covered with hyaline cartilage ("articular cartilage"). The longitudinal growth of long bones is a result of endochondral ossification at the epiphyseal plate. Bone growth in length is stimulated by the production of growth hormone (GH), a secretion of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.