Growth Plate

Chondrocyte proliferation, hypertrophy, differentiation and endochondral ossification.

Replacement of a cartilage template by bone during development and repair.

Bone-forming cells that synthesize osteoid and participate in mineralization.

Multinucleated cells specialized for resorption of mineralized bone.

Mature bone cells embedded in matrix that participate in mechanosensing and remodeling signals.

Primary cell type responsible for cartilage matrix formation and growth-plate activity.

Differentiated contractile muscle cells.

Resident skeletal-muscle progenitor cells involved in repair and adaptation.