Cartilage canal and chondroepiphysis of the lower end of the femur of human fetuses.
Cartilage canals were linked with the affinity for the differentiation of growth disc at the beginning of their organization. Anastomosis between the cartilage canals, dilatation and their communication with marrow sprout in the region of growth disc further supported this fact. Perichondrial role in the expansion of chondroepiphysis was also observed in a phenomenon of appositional growth in the region of chondroepiphysis. Vascular looping could also be observed in the Junctional region of the chondroepiphysis with the growth disc.
D002356:Cartilage / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005269:Femur / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005333:Fetus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans