lab quiz #2 microscopic bone structure

Question 1

osteon

Answer 1

whole circle of compact bone
unit of bone

Question 2

central canal

Answer 2

parallel
in center of osteon
carrie’s blood/oxygen to cells

Question 3

volkmans canal

Answer 3

perpendicular
carry blood/oxygen to cells

Question 4

coccentric lamellae

Answer 4

layer of osteon around the central canal
many of these make up whole osteon

Question 5

interstitial lamellae

Answer 5

lamellae between coccentric lamellae
not coccentric circles

Question 6

lacunae

Answer 6

contains cells (osteoblasts)

Question 7

canaliculi

Answer 7

small projections between lacunae
connect dendrites for communication between cells

Question 8

circumferential lamellae

Answer 8

concentric lamellae running along the outside of bone tissue
surrounds many osteons
rt beneath periosteum

Question 9

periosteum

Answer 9

membrane surrounds compact bone
dense irregular ct