Microscopic Bone Anatomy

Question 1

Osteocytes

Answer 1

A mature bone cell

Question 2

Lacuna

Answer 2

Spaces in bone occupied by bone cells

Question 3

Lamella

Answer 3

Thin plate like structures of bone matrix with lacuna between them. ONE ring of this around the central canal

Question 4

Haversian canals

Answer 4

Opening in the center of an osteon, carries blood vessels and nerves.

Question 5

Osteon

Answer 5

A unit of compact bone

Question 6

Haversian system

Answer 6

A unit of bone consisting of a central haversian canal surrounded by layers of lamella

Question 7

Canliculi

Answer 7

Tiny canals that form a transport system. Radiates from central canal to lacunae.

Question 8

Volkmann’s canals

Answer 8

Canal perpendicular to the central canal. Carries blood vessels and nerves

Question 9

Vessels (Arteries and veins)

Answer 9

Blood vessels that carries blood from the body Back into the heart

Question 10

Nerves

Answer 10

Bundles of fibers that receives and sends messages between the body and the brain