File:Endochondral ossification.jpg

Endochondral Ossification

This process of developmental bone formation is the replacement of an earlier cartilage "template" with bone.

In this histological image, the cartilage is shown at the top of the image and the newly formed bone is at the bottom of the image.

Bone Histology: Cartilage Histology | Histology Stains | Histology | cartilage | bone | bone timeline

Compact bone Compact canals | Compact lamellae | compact bone - low unstained | compact bone - high unstained | compact bone - high unstained | compact - low | compact - low | compact - med | compact - high |

Trabecular bone trabecular | lamellar | trabecular - overview HE | trabecular - low HE | trabecular - med HE

Endochondral ossification primary ossification | endochondral ossification

Intramembranous ossification intramembranous - VG low | intramembranous - VG high | intramembranous - HE low | intramembranous - HE high

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