Very low magnification light micrograph showing diaphyseal (shaft) ossification in the bone of a limb. Ossification centres are diaphyseal in all bone

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Very low magnification light micrograph showing diaphyseal (shaft) ossification in the bone of a limb. Ossification centres are diaphyseal in all bones, with formation of an immature cortex and appearance of hematopoietic bone marrow in the future medullary cavities. The epiphyseal ossification centres have not yet been formed, the epiphyses being formed by hyaline cartilage. However, future joint regions have already been differentiated in areas of contact between bones. Magnification: x9 when printed at 10 centimetres across.

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Size: 5773px × 3028px
Photo credit: © JOSE CALVO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: biological, biology, bone, cartilage, centre, chondrocyte, development, endochondral, epiphysis, fetal, foetal, growing, growth, healthy, histological, histology, light, matrix, micrograph, normal, ossification, plate, primary, skeletal, skeleton