Light micrograph showing a developing long bone (femur, or thigh bone). At top, the epiphysis is made by hyaline cartilage that shows an initial secondary ossification centre. At bottom id the secondary diaphyseal ossification centre. The scale bar corresponds to 2 mm.

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Keywords: -, background, bone, cartilage, developing, diaphysis, endochondral, epiphyseal, epiphysis, growth, histology, hyaline, light, lm, long, micrograph, microscopically, microscopy, ossification, plate, white