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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Res. 2014 Dec;29(12):2610–2617. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.2290

Figure 5. C2 vertebral bodies were processed for histological assessment of remnant growth plate cartilage.

Figure 5

A. Representative histology illustrating remnant growth plate cartilage (insets) in the caudal epiphyses of C2 vertebral bodies (Alcian blue (GAG)/picrosirius red (collagen) stained mid-sagittal sections, oriented with dorsal at the top; dotted line indicates where the image is truncated in the cranial direction). Scale bar = 2mm (main images) and 1mm (insets); ep = vertebral end plate, gp = growth plate. B. Quantification of remnant growth plate cartilage area (mm2) in each study group.