Osteoblasts and osteocytes in bone formation (600X)

Image copyright: Mathias Nordvi, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. (Tissue stain: H+E).

At this magnification you can study the "bony islands" in more detail. The surface is covered by osteoblasts (bone producing cells) only separated from the bone by a narrow pink zone. This zone is the osteoid produced by the osteoblasts (osteoid = unmineralized bone tissue).

Published March 16th 2014, updated December 24th 2018.