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Changes in the Growth Plate



- Discussion:
    - since blood supply to growth plate comes from epiphyseal side, two ischemic episodes also produce ischemic changes in growth plate;
    - cartilage columns become distorted with some loss of their cellular components;
            - they do not undergoe normal ossification, which results in excess of calcified cartilage in the primary trabecular bone