Bine Hisotology Flashcards
What are two types of bone tissue?
Compact and spongy
Where do you find spongy bone?
Inside of compact bone tissue
Where can you find compact bone tissue?
Hard exterior of bone
What makes up compact bone tissue?
What do they look like?
Osteen’s
Compact circle system
What is the center dark spot of an osteon?
Haversian system
What is in the Haversain system
Haversain canal
What are the canals that travel horizontally in an osteon?
Transverse canal
What are the rings around the osteon?
Lamellae
What are the cells called in an osteon?
Osteocytes
How is an osteocyte shown as a cell diagram
Nuclei in the osteocyte, osteocyte in the lacuna, with canaliculi coming off
What are the heads of the bone called?
Epiphysis
What is the shaft of the bone called?
Diaphysis
What is the cavity of the bone called?
Medullary cavity
What can you find in the medullary cavity
Red and yellow bone marrow
