title: [Role of the condylar cartilage in mandibular growth (author's transl)].
abstract: Our purpose is to bring a contribution to a better understanding of the role played by the condylar cartilage in children's mandibular growth. In the newborn, microradiographical analysis of frontal (fig. 1, 2 and 3 A) or sagittal sections (fig. 4 A) has been used to locate trabecular bone of endochondrial origin. This trabecular bone contains islets of calcified cartilage easy to identify in the microradiograph (fig. 3 B) or in the section itself after methylen blue staining (fig. 4 B) and resulting from the activity of the condylar cartilage (fig. 4 C). At four month of age, the condylar cartilage is still in activity (fig. 5 A and 5 B). From both morphological and physiological points of vue, this work leads to suggest that the condylar cartilage must be compared to a growing epiphyseal nucleus or to a so-called infertile extremity of a small long bone rather than with a true growing cartilage.
mesh_terms: D002356:Cartilage / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008334:Mandible / Q000254:growth & development*; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Rôle du cartilage condylien dans la croissance mandibulaire.