Bone Growth

Bone Growth By Tina Cook
<Tab/><Tab/>Bones grow with the epiphysis plate, something like endochondral ossification. Endochondral Ossification involves the replacement of hyaline cartilage with bony tissue. The cartilage located in the same region of the epiphysis plate next to the epiphysis continues to grow by way of mitosis. This is where chaondracytes, if located in region next to diathesis will age. The osteo blasts now move in and ossify matrix to form bone. When cartilage growth cease in the early twenties, the ephehyseal plate completely ossifies only an…