on the basis of the results in these experiments it is suggested that although a portion of the chondroitin sulfate produced by the chondrocytes of the epiphyseal plate is retained and becomes part of the cores of metaphyseal spicules of bone , the protein of the proteinpolysaccharide is somehow removed before calcification of the cartilage ensues .
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chondrocytes
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cartilage