Biology:Bone collar

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The bone collar is a cuff of periosteal bone that forms around the diaphysis of the hyaline cartilage model in developing long bones.[1] The bone collar appears during endochondral bone development to support the growing bone and help it retain its shape.

  1. Wheater's Functional Histology, 5th ed. Young, Lowe, Stevens and Heath.