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Transphyseal blood vessels exist in avian species
M Alderson1, K Emslie, D Speers
1University Department of Surgery (Orthopaedic Surgery), Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia.
Journal of Anatomy
|June 1, 1986
Abstract:
The distal femora and proximal and distal tibiae of 4 weeks old broiler chickens have three main types of blood vessels in the growth plate region-metaphyseal, epiphyseal and transphyseal. The transphyseal vessels extend across the entire thickness of the avian growth plate and provide a means of luminal communication between the metaphysis and epiphysis.