Macroscopic

• Long bone


  has a shaft known as a diaphysis, the 2 large ends of the bone are known as epiphysis
• Diaphysis


  made up of compact bone, the centre is hollow and filled with yellow bone marrow (fat storage)
• Epiphysis


  compact bone on the outer layer, called periosteum, helps supply cells with nutrients
• At the end of each epiphysis there is a layer of articular cartilage