EPIPHYSEAL DISK – 8
Detail of recently produced bone produced in the Zone of ossification of the epiphyseal cartilage.
The figure shows sections of thin plates of calcified cartilage matrix covered by bone tissue.
The middle of each plate is made of calcified cartilage extracellular matrix, seen as slightly bluish bands (highlighted in blue).
Highlighted in red are layers of bone extracellular matrix secreted by osteoblasts that settled over the cartilage matrix.
Osteoblasts resting on the bone matrix are highlighted in yellow. These are the cells responsible for the secretion and deposition of bone matrix.
Two osteocytes (highlighted in green) can be seen inside the bone extracellular matrix.
The figure shows sections of thin plates of calcified cartilage matrix covered by bone tissue.
The middle of each plate is made of calcified cartilage extracellular matrix, seen as slightly bluish bands (highlighted in blue).
Highlighted in red are layers of bone extracellular matrix secreted by osteoblasts that settled over the cartilage matrix.
Osteoblasts resting on the bone matrix are highlighted in yellow. These are the cells responsible for the secretion and deposition of bone matrix.
Two osteocytes (highlighted in green) can be seen inside the bone extracellular matrix.
