THE OBSERVATION OF PERICHONDRAL RING AND ITS MICROCIRCULATION / 解剖学报

The structure and the blood supply of perichondral ring of human being and rabbits in developing period were studied by microangiographic and histological methods. Perichondral ring is situated around the epiphyseal disc and metaphysis and consists of osseous ring, zone of mesenchymal cell, which contains fairly abundant blood vessels derived from the metaphyseal periosteum and perichondrium. The perichondrium is thick and also contains abundant vessels which connect epiphyseal and metaphyseal circulations in the extra-osseous and part of which passes through the zone of mesenchymal cell to supply the epiphyseal disc. Role of perichondral ring in the development period of bones were discussed.