Figure 5
The proportion of defects that resolved varied between regions. Three-dimensional volume-reconstructed model of the right distal femur of piglet 17 from the 2nd(a) to the 7th(f) intervals. (a) Normal. (b) Defect developing in both the lateral (between arrows) and the medial (between arrowheads) femoral condyle. (c) Defects persisting in both the lateral and medial femoral condyle. (d) Defects persisting and becoming more prominently visible due to continued advancement of the ossification front within the viable tissue on the margins of the defects. (e) Defects persisting, but defect in the lateral femoral condyle becoming less prominently visible due to filling in with mineral/bone opacity. (f) Defect in the lateral femoral condyle resolved. Defect in the medial femoral condyle persisting.