bone matrix

bone matrix
the intercellular substance of bone, consisting of osteocollagenous fibers embedded in an amorphous ground substance and inorganic salts.

Bone matrix, showing intramembranous ossification. Trabeculae of bone are being formed by osteoblasts lining their surface (arrows), osteocytes can be seen trapped in lacunae (arrowheads), and primitive osteons are beginning to form.


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