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  1. Furqan Shah @[email protected] ·

    Here's a transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image of #bone showing mineralized #collagen and an #osteocyte lacuna containing microcalcifications of #apatite and #whitlockite.

    Such #calcification or #mineral formation is part of normal physiological processes such as #apoptosis but can also indicate #pathology.

    The specimen was prepared using focussed ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM).

    Read more:
    pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/a

    #ThinSectionThursday #Biomaterials #ElectronMicroscopy

    #bone #collagen #osteocyte #apatite #whitlockite #calcification