Broken finger bone, SEM

Credit: STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: Broken finger bone. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) showing the internal structure of a broken finger bone (phalanx). Here, the periosteum (outer bone membrane, brown), compact bone (blue) and bone marrow (red), in the medullary cavity, can be seen. Magnification: x50, when printed 10 centimetres wide.

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