Articles
Hormones
What the rest of the body tells the growth plate.
Timing
What starts puberty, and what closes the plates.
Inside the plate
Signals the plate’s own cells pass to each other.
Inside the cell
What a cartilage cell does once a signal arrives.
Matrix and bone
What the plate is built from, and how it becomes bone.
Measured height
What is inherited, what posture hides, and what shoes add.
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