Bio Lab Practical-Bone Slide

Question 1

Haversian System:

Answer 1

concentric arrangement of bone cells

Question 2

Haversian Canal:

Answer 2

cavity in the center of the haversian system where blood vessels and nerves run

Question 3

Volkmann’s Canal

Answer 3

any of the small channels in bone that transmit blood vessels from the periosteum into the bone and that lie perpendicular to and communicate with the Haversian canals.

Question 4

Osteocytes:

Answer 4

bone cells, appear as red ovas

Question 5

Lacuna:

Answer 5

gaps in the bone that house the osteocytes

Question 6

Canaliculi:

Answer 6

allows cytoplasmic communication between osteocytes

Question 7

Lamellae:

Answer 7

hard matrix around the osteocytes that gives compact bone its rigidity

Question 8

Fascia:

Answer 8

white connective tissue that connects skin to muscle