BONE - Light Microscopy

Decalcified  lamellar bone

Harversian system in the decalcified lamellar bone.
 

Harvesian system with showing a blood vessel inside the Harvesian canal. 
 

Lamellar structure of undecalcified bone

Harvesian system and its concentric lamllae
 
 

Undecalcified bone showing the concentric lamellae and lacunae with their canaliculi.
 
 
 
 

Intramembranous Ossification

Intramembranous ossification in the fetal parietal  bone.
 
 
 

Higher magnification image from the bone formation, showing a row of osteoblasts..
 

Endochondral ossification

Image showing the endochondral bone formation