Head of a Femur (IMAGE)

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Head of a Femur

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This is a schematic of the head of a femur (the thigh bone), showing OCR stem cells in red and the growth of bone (green), cartilage and stromal cells.

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Mike Barnett for Columbia University Medical Center

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