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Fig. 3

From: Small-sized newborn dogs skeletal development: radiologic, morphometric, and histological findings obtained from spontaneously dead animals

Fig. 3

Twenty-eight days-old Chihuahua dog. Radiographic dorso-palmar view (a) and histological sections (b,c) of the left carpus: ossification centre of trochlea radii (1, OCT-2), os carpi radiale (2), os carpi intermedium (3, OCT-2), os carpi ulnare (4, OCT-1), the body of os carpi accessorium (5, OCT-3), os carpi II (6, OCT-1), os carpi III (7, OCT-1), os carpi IV (8, OCT-2). Different stage of development of the carpus OC’s are noticeable. Histological sections are stained with haematoxylin-eosin and are representatives of two different levels of depth; for this reason not all the nuclei are revealed. Bar 1 mm

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