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ehd123 ehd123
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9 years ago
Hello everyone

Could someone please explain the difference between interstital and appositional growth in cartliage Slight Smile

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rsb
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9 years ago
appositional is width
interstitial is length
bone is always in transition
like when someone get braces the bone conforms to the new position of the teeth
which would be both types of endoconral ossification

The first step in ossification of the cartilage is that the cartilage cells, at the point where ossification is commencing and which is termed a ossification center, enlarge and arrange themselves in rows.

The matrix in which they are embedded increases in quantity, so that the cells become further separated from each other.

A deposit of calcareous material now takes place in this matrix, between the rows of cells, so that they become separated from each other by longitudinal columns of calcified matrix, presenting a granular and opaque appearance.

Here and there the matrix between two cells of the same row also becomes calcified, and transverse bars of calcified substance stretch across from one calcareous column to another.

Thus there are longitudinal groups of the cartilage cells enclosed in oblong cavities, the walls of which are formed of calcified matrix which cuts off all nutrition from the cells; the cells, in consequence, atrophy, leaving spaces called the primary areolæ.


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9 years ago
Thank you very much Slight Smile
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