{"id":3361,"date":"2017-11-22T21:27:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T23:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en-mol.icb.usp.br\/?page_id=3361"},"modified":"2026-07-16T12:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:00:23","slug":"7-26-bone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/7-26-bone\/","title":{"rendered":"7-26 Bone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-row\">\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-1\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> <strong>EPIPHYSEAL DISC &#8211; 5<br \/>\n<\/strong> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> <\/p>\n<p>The longitudinal growth of long bones results from events that happen in their epiphyseal discs.<br \/>\nFive bands of cells (actually five discs) called zones can be distinguished in a longitudinal section of the disc. They zones depict a sequence of transformations that the cartilage cells undergo and that at the end of the disc are replaced by bone cells.<br \/>\nAs the chondrocytes undergo subtle transitions from each zone to the nexttThe boundaries between the zones are not precise . <\/p>\n<p><strong>Zones of the epiphyseal disk:<\/strong><br \/>\nZone of resting cartilage<br \/>\nZone of proliferation<br \/>\nZone of hypertrophic cartilage<br \/>\nZone of calcified cartilage<br \/>\nZone of ossification<br \/>\nThe first four zones are made of cartilaginous tissue and the last zone of newly produced bone tissue. <\/p>\n<p> <\/div><\/div>\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">  <\/p>\n<div onclick>\n<div class=\"image-container\">\n<div class=\"extra\">\n<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-26.jpg \" onmouseover=\"this.src=' https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-26-MO-en.jpg'\" onmouseout=\"this.src=' https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-26.jpg'\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Zones of the Epiphyseal disc seen in a longitudinal section of the bone. Staining: HE. Magnification: small.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/mouse-1.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/7-27-bone\/\">NEXT PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/7-25-bone\/\"> PREVIOUS PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/7-0-bone\/\">MENU OF THIS CHAPTER<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3361","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3361"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23328,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3361\/revisions\/23328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}