They also direct secondary sex characteristic development like increased height, growth of pubic hair and breasts.

它们也主导第二性征的发育，如身高增加、阴毛与乳房生长。

The concern here is that if you apply a heavy external force, like lifting weights, onto these epiphyseal 'growth' plates, you damage the chance for your chondrocytes cells to grow, cutting potential height growth.

这里的问题是，如果你在这些骨骺生长板上施加一个沉重的外力，比如举重，你就会破坏软骨细胞生长的机会，阻断了可能生长的高度。