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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2010 Mar 18;47(1):41–48. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2010.03.008

Figure 4. Histology for the Group Stimulated Ten Days After Surgery (Group C48).

Figure 4

When the axial displacement is started ten days after surgery, the stimulated limbs have no cartilage and have bony bridging by day 48 (shown above). The unstimulated controls have a substantial amount of bone, but still contain distinct areas of cartilage (in red). The figure shows: (a) a central section of a stimulated gap, (b) a peripheral section of a stimulated gap, (c) a central section of a control gap, and (d) a peripheral section of a control gap. Note that the difference in color between the top and the bottom images are an artifact of the staining procedure.