The fibrous growth plate of the rat tibia: tritiated thymidine autoradiographic study.
Tritiated thymidine autoradiographic studies have demonstrated that the intermediate fibrogenic zone of the fibrous growth plate at the upper end of the rat tibia is a site of intense cellular proliferation, the resulting cells differentiating into osteoblasts which manufacture the bundle bone at the distal end of the growth plate.
D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000166:cytology; D010011:Osteocytes / Q000166:cytology; D010012:Osteogenesis; D051381:Rats / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development; D013977:Tibia / Q000166:cytology* / Q000254:growth & development