Fig. 8From: Optimization of a closed rat tibial fracture modelPhotomicrograph of fracture healing for five weeks showing the hematoma (H), normal bone (b) and proliferative chondrocytes (P) in week 1, chondrocytes (Ch.), normal bone (b) and cancellous bone (C) in week 2, hypertrophic chondrocytes (Ch.) and cancellous bone (C) in week 3, cancellous bone (C) and bone marrow (B) in week 4 and cancellous(C) and lamellar bone (L) with bone marrow (B) in week 6Back to article page