The rate of newly synthesized Osteoid mineralization is best estimated by
Reference Robbins page no 358 6th edition Tetracycline is absorbed into bone and so it is used as a marker of bone growth for biopsies in humans. Tetracycline binds to newly formed bone at the bone interface where it shows as a linear fluroscencse. Tetracycline labelling is used to determine the amount of bone growth within a ceain period of time
Tetracycline labelling
Alizarine red staining
Calceine stain
Von Kossa stain
Musculoskeletal system