Developing Bone. Epiphyseal Ossification Royalty-Free Stock Photography

Epiphyseal ossification, light micrograph. During ossification, the epiphysis of long bones shows is lined by a growth cartilage that shows the same zones of epiphyseal growth plate although less organized. The mixed bone trabeculae that arise from that cartilage are not parallel, but more disorganized, with a general radial orientation. When the ossification ends, these trabeculae remain as