ENDOCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION – 5
The image shows a higher magnification of a detail of the final part of the ossification zone of the epiphyseal plate.
The walls that surrounded the hypertrophic chondrocytes are highlighted in green. They consist of calcified extracellular matrix remains after the chondrocytes have died.
Osteoblasts (highlighted in red) penetrated the places formerly occupied by dead chondrocytes and .
The osteoblasts are actively depositing new bone matrix on the remnants of the calcified cartilage.
Tail vertebra of a mouse fetus. Staining: Alcyan blue + eosin. Magnification: panoramic view.
