Figure 2From: Surgical-experimental principles of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with open growth platesDistal femoral growth plate of a 10 months old sheep (x = perichondral fibrous ring of LaCroix; * = ossification groove of Ranvier; E = epiphysis; M = metaphysis; arrow = center of the growth plate with columnal chondrocyte structure) (Giemsa staining; magnification x 25).Back to article page