Term Name: growth plate cartilage development
Synonyms:
Definition: The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the cartilage that will provide a scaffold for mineralization of endochondral bones as they elongate or grow.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0003417]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: endochondral bone growth
has parts: growth plate cartilage chondrocyte differentiation growth plate cartilage chondrocyte proliferation growth plate cartilage morphogenesis
is a type of: cartilage development involved in endochondral bone morphogenesis connective tissue development