What is the fate of the chondrocytes that are present where bone is forming?

A) They line the central canals of the growing bone.
B) They die and are replaced by bone cells.
C) They remain within the bone matrix.
D) They move to a different region where bone has not yet formed.
E) None of the answers are correct.


B) They die and are replaced by bone cells.

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