ENDOCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION – 3
Hover or click on the image to observe details of this vertebra of the tail of a mouse fetus and the ossification process that is occuring in it:
– The epyphises of the vertebra is constituted by hyaline cartilage.
– Endochondral osteogenesis has begun at the ends of both epiphyseal discs, indicated by a red line as well at the walls that form the initial bone collar as will be shown on the next pages.
– The epyphises of the vertebra is constituted by hyaline cartilage.
– Endochondral osteogenesis has begun at the ends of both epiphyseal discs, indicated by a red line as well at the walls that form the initial bone collar as will be shown on the next pages.
Vertebra of the tail of a mouse fetus. Staining: Alcyan blue + eosin. Magnification: panoramic view.
