Endochondral ossification
Videos
Endochondral ossification is one of the two essential pathways by which bone tissue is produced during fetal development and bone repair of the mammalian skeletal system, the other pathway being intra
A schematic representation of endochondral ossification.
A schematic for long bone endochondral ossification.
Light micrograph of undecalcified epiphyseal plate showing endochondral ossification: healthy chondrocytes (top) become degenerating ones (bottom), characteristically displaying a calcified extracellular matrix.
Zones of endochondral ossification.
Long bone
Videos
The long bones are those that are longer than they are wide. They are one of five types of bones: long, short, flat, irregular and sesamoid. Long bones, especially the femur and tibia, are subjected t
Endochondral ossification
…intermediate cartilage stage, which is eventually substituted by bone. Endochondral ossification is responsible for development of most bones including long and short bones, the bones of the axial (ribs and vertebrae) and the appendicular skeleton (e.g. upper and lower limbs), the bones of the skull base…
Structure of a long bone (femur)