The activity of the metaepiphyseal chondrocytes in the humerus of growing mammals.
In the postnatal period of development of animals there have been established differences in the length of the distal and proximal metaphyses, as well as in the biosynthesis of sulphated proteoglycans and collagen proteins by chondrocytes. The local peculiarities of the functional and reproductive activity of chondrocytes exert influence upon the histological structure of metaphyses. The locomotive function with its certain supporting-power loads on various joints is supposed to be the main cause for these changes.
D000818:Animals; D002356:Cartilage / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division; D002465:Cell Movement; D003094:Collagen / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006811:Humerus / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development*; D008297:Male; D008322:Mammals / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D010012:Osteogenesis; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats
D011509:Proteoglycans; D003094:Collagen