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Model of chondrocyte column formation. Chondrocytes in the resting zone are elliptical and do not exhibit a bias in the orientation of cell division. After being recruited into the proliferative zone, however, chondrocytes demonstrate planes of cell division that are perpendicular to the long axis of the skeletal element. The resultant daughter cells then rearrange to form a clonal column parallel to the long axis of the growth plate.
