Long bone ossification. Epiphyseal growth plate
Light micrograph of the epiphyseal growth plate of a developing long bone showing, from top: zone of proliferation with typical seriated or columnar cartilage formed by chondrocytes in an arrangement resembling piles of coins, zone of hypertrophy with large lacunae, ossification zone where there is an invasion of blood vessels and osteogenic cells
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boneossificationmarrowcalcifiedcartilagecellchondrocytesendochondralepiphysealepiphysisgrowthplatehistologicalhistologylightmicrographmetaphysismicroscopemicroscopymixedtrabeculaosteogenesistissue
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