Kalij13
Kalij13
26.10.2021 • 
Biology

As osteoblasts deposit new bone matrix on the surface of bones between the periosteum and the existing bone, the bone increases in (1) . Growth in the (2) of a bone, which is the major source of increased height in an individual, occurs in the (3) . Just as in endochondral ossification, (4) increase in number. Within the (5) zone, the chondrocytes line up in columns, hypertrophy, and die. The cartilage matrix is (6) , and (7) start forming bone matrix on the surface of the calcified cartilage. This process produces a zone of (8) on the diaphyseal side of the epiphyseal plate.

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