The correct answer is "cartilage cells are replaced by bone cells".
The plate near the end of long bones is called the epiphyseal plate and is composed of cartilage in children. Cartilage and cartilage cells are capable of dividing and adding cartilage matrix which contributes to the lengthening of the bone; then this cartilage will slowly be replaced by bone through aging and hormonal factors.
Long strands of double-helical DNA fit into the nucleus of a single cheek cell, the double helix is packaged and wrapped around proteins, folded back onto itself and coiled into a compact chromosome. 4.
The word we are looking for is metabolism. Metabolism is derived from the Greek word metabole, which means change. It can also be defined as the sum of all chemical reactions that transpire in living organisms, which includes digestion and the passage of substances into different cells.