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Normal vertebrae

Etiology: • N/A

Pathogenesis: • N/A

Epidemiology: • N/A

General Gross Description: • Normal vertebral bones appear ivory white on uncut surface. • On cut surface, there is a rim of hard, white "cortical" bone. • This surrounds a red colored zone, with white flecks. • The red color is due to marrow; the white flecks are cancellous bone within.

General Microscopic Description: • Histological sections of cancellous bone reveal spicules of bone interspersed among marrow spaces.

Clinical Correlations:

References: of Disease". (Cotran, Kumar and Robbins, Eds.) 5th Edition. pp 1213. •See texts of Anatomy and histology for details.