Endochondral ossification, light micrograph

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Endochondral ossification, light micrograph. Mixed bone trabeculae are a typical feature of endochondral officiation. They are the consequence of apposition of primary bone tissue around a bluish centre of acellular calcified cartilage (the chondrocytes died when the cartilage calcified). With time, the layer of primary bone thickens (the zone of ossification is on top).

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Keywords: -, biological, biology, bone, development, diaphysis, embryo, embryonic, endochondral, epiphysis, growth, histological, histology, immature, light, lm, marrow, micrograph, microscopy, ossification, osteogenesis, spongy, trabeculae