Bone Anatomy

• Long Bone Anatomy

  Diaphysis

  • shaft of Long bone

  Epiphysis

  • end of long bones (covered in Hyaline Cartilage)

  Epiphyseal Plate

  • disc of hyaline cartilage that allows long bone growth in children

  Medullary Cavity

  • hollow space inside long bones
  • contains yellow marrow (fat)

  
• Flat Bone Anatomy

  • thin external covering of compact bone
  • internally contain spongy bone
  • RED MARROW found within the cavities of trabeculae - formation of blood cells
• Microscopic Bone Anatomy

  Compact Bone

  • osteon : structural unit of compact bone, look like little cylinders

  Haversian (central) canal

  • center of osteon
  • contains blood vessels, nerve fibers

  Osteocytes

  • bone cells that live in between the layers of the osteon

  
• Osteon 


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