Cartilage, Bone: Micrograph

Examine the electron Micrographs so that you understand the ultrastructural equivalents of the structures you have seen under the microscope.

Osteoclast

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Osteoclast

Portion of an osteoclast including one of the many nuclei portions of Golgi and many mitochondria. The ruffled border is closely applied to an area of resorbing bone matrix.
Bloom, W and Fawcett, DW, A Textbook of Histology 10th ed., WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1975, p. 261.

 





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