Bone epiphyseal growth plate, light micrograph

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Light micrograph of the epiphyseal growth plate of a developing long bone showing, from top: epiphysis with trabeculae of immature bone tissue separated by hematopoietic red bone marrow, growth plate cartilage with zone of proliferation with typical seriated, or columnar, cartilage, zone of hypertrophy with large lacunae and ossification zone of compact appearance, where there is an invasion of blood vessels and osteogenic cells.

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Photo credit: © JOSE CALVO / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: -, biological, biology, bone, calcified, cartilage, cell, chondrocytes, endochondral, epiphyseal, epiphysis, growth, healthy, histological, histology, light, lm, marrow, metaphysis, micrograph, microscopy, mixed, normal, ossification, osteogenesis, plate, tissue, trabecula