Microscope Structure of Bone and Cartilage

Spongy bone

Found in the ends of the bone
Spongy bone

May be filled with marrow
Trabnecube

Threadlike needles of the spongy bone
Ostens

Units that make up dense bone
Ostens

Haversian System
Ostens

Are cirular, tubelike, and calcified
Concentric Lamella

Each ring of an osten
Central Canal

The center of the osten
Osteocytes

living bone cells
Lacunae

Spaces betweeen each lamellae where osteocytes can be found
Canaliculi

These are tiny spaces that connect the lacunae
Canaliculi

Allow nutrients to flow from the blood vessels of the canal to teh osteocytes

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Microscope Structure of Bone and Cartilage

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2012-11-29T00:29:54Z

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