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What are the zones of the ephiphyseal plate?
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Zones of
Resting, Proliferating Hypertrophic, and Calcified Cartilage |
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What is the function of the zone of resting cartilage?
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Anchor epiphyseal plate to epiphysis of the bone. (Cells do not function in bone growth)
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What is the function of the zone of proliferating cartilage?
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The chondrocytes divide to replace those that die at the diaphyseal side of the diaphyseal plate
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What is the function of the zone of hypertrophic cartilage?
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Consists of large, maturing chondrocytes arranged in columns
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What is the function of the zone of calcified cartilage?
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Final zone of the epiphyseal plate. Consists of dead chondrocytes because the extracellular matrix around them has calcified
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