the cartilage is found on the surface of a long bone at the ends of epiphyses.
the cartilage is found on the surface of a long bone at the ends of epiphyses.
where is the cartilage found on the surface of a long bone?
the ends of epiphyses
the long bones are those that are longer than they are wide. they are one of five types of bones: long, short, flat, irregular and sesamoid. long bones, especially the femur and tibia, are subjected to most of the load during daily activities and they are crucial for skeletal mobility. they grow primarily by elongation of the diaphysis, with an epiphysis at each end of the growing bone. 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.
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the epiphyseal plate (or 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).
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