Cartilage, light micrograph
Light micrograph of a developing spinous process of a vertebral body prior to ossification. The tissue is hyaline cartilage comprising chondrocytes and surrounding matrix stained blue. On the lateral margins, red-stained cells represent invading blood vessels and osteoblasts that will begin to synthesize bone matrix to eventually replace the cartilage. This process is called endochondral ossification. Peripheral tissue is a developing ligament and muscle. Paraffin section, haematoxylin-eosin/alcian blue stain. Magnification: x 140 when width printed at 10cm.
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Keywords: -, body, cartilage, chondrocyte, endochondral, histological, histology, hyaline, light, lm, micrograph, microscopy, ossification, section, vertebra, vertebral
