Learning path · Histology

Cartilage & bone

Hyaline cartilage, lamellar bone with osteons and the two routes of bone formation – intramembranous and endochondral ossification – step by step on real slides.

  1. Trachea, H&E, overview with respiratory epithelium, fat cells, hyaline cartilage ring and perichondrium

    Hyaline cartilage

    Trachea · H&E

    5 images 14 structures
  2. Bone ground section, compact bone transverse, overview with osteons, Haversian canals and osteocyte lacunae

    Lamellar bone

    Tibia · ground section

    6 images 13 structures
  3. Fetal head tissue, H&E, overview with intramembranous bone trabecula in mesenchyme and hair follicle buds

    Intramembranous ossification

    Fetal tissue · H&E

    3 images 14 structures
  4. Fetal finger, trichrome, overview with cartilaginous phalanges, joint cleft and ossification centre

    Endochondral ossification

    Fetal phalanx · trichrome

    9 images 19 structures

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