Structure of Bone Tissue

Question 1

Trabeculae

Answer 1

Supporting bundles of bony fibers in cancellous (spongy) bone

Question 2

Osteons

Answer 2

Structures in bones that carry the blood supply

Question 3

Lamellae

Answer 3

rings around the central canal, sites of lacunae

Question 4

Central canal (haversian canal)

Answer 4

canal that houses blood vessels located at the center of the osteon

Question 5

Perforating canals (Volkmann’s canals)

Answer 5

-connect the central canals with each other and the periosteum

-small channels in bone that transmit blood vessels from the periosteum into the bone and that communicate with the Haversian canals.

Question 6

What do Perforating canals provide?

Answer 6

provide energy and nourishing elements for osteons

Question 7

Canaliculi

Answer 7

Hairlike canals that connect lacunae to each other and the central canal

Question 8

Lacunae

Answer 8

small cavities in bone that contain osteocytes