Endochondral ossification, light micrograph

---

Endochondral ossification. Mixed bone trabeculae, with a bluish centre of acellular calcified cartilage, covered by pink primary bone tissue with osteocytes. Large pink cells are osteoclasts that destroy these trabeculae.

---

Size: 3840px × 3072px
Location:
Photo credit: © JOSE CALVO / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, biological, biology, bone, cell, development, embryo, embryonic, endochondral, growth, histological, histology, immature, light, micrograph, microscopically, microscopy, ossification, osteoclast, osteocyte, osteogenesis, trabeculae