ENDOCHONDRAL BONE, ENDOCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION---EARLY BONE DEVELOPMENT, OSTEOBLASTS and OSTEOCYTES, 250X - stock photo

ENDOCHONDRAL BONE, ENDOCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION--EARLY BONE DEVELOPMENT, OSTEOBLASTS and OSTEOCYTES, 250X. This image is in the area of the developing EPIPHYSEAL DISK (Growth Plate). The pink represents NEWLY FORMED BONE, and the purple is CALCIFIED CARTILAGE--originally hyaline cartilage that is gradually destroyed and replaced with bone. The bone shows many BONE CELLS (OSTEOCYTES) and some LACUNAE--the spaces in the matrix that contain the osteocytes. There is a single layer of OSTEOBLASTS (BONE-FORMING CELLS) on upper surface of the bone.