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. 2017 Oct 25;7:14061. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14444-3

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Analysis of the fracture healing 21 days after trauma. Relative bending stiffness of the fracture callus (a). Areas of different tissues as determined by Giemsa staining: total callus area (b), relative cartilage content (c) and osseous tissue content (d). Representative images of fracture callus stained with Giemsa (e). Scale bar 500 µm. Relative numbers of osteoblasts (f) and osteoclasts (g) in the periosteal fracture callus. Representative images of TRAP staining at day 21 (h). Scale bar 100 µm. Arrowheads indicate osteoclasts. Fx: mice with isolated fracture, Fx + TXT: mice with combined fracture and thoracic trauma. n = 6–8, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.