ENDOCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION – 3
Hover or click on the image to observe some details of this vertebra of the tail of a mouse fetus and the ossification process that is occuring in it:
– Hyaline cartilage of the vertebral epiphyses.
– Epiphyseal discs of the vertebra.
– Medullary canal inside the diaphysis.
– Hyaline cartilage of the vertebral epiphyses.
– Epiphyseal discs of the vertebra.
– Medullary canal inside the diaphysis.
The regions where bone has already been produced are highlighted in red:
– The horizontal red lines indicate the two Zones of ossification of both epiphyseal discs.
– The bone around the vertebra. This is a belt of bone that surrounds the entire middle region of the diaphysis of the vertebra.
Vertebra of the tail of a mouse fetus. Staining: Alcyan blue + eosin. Magnification: panoramic view.
