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| dense bone containing parallel osteons |
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Spongy bone, also known as cancellous bone, is less dense than compact bone and
is composed of a honeycomb-like network of bones called trabeculae |
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| layer that surrounds a bone; outer layer is fibrous, inner cellular |
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thin layer of connective tissue which lines the surface of
the bony tissue that forms the medullary cavity of long bones |
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| marrow that produces red blood cells; found in the center of long bones |
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| marrow that produces fatty tissue |
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| space within a bone that contains the marrow |
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| composed of haversian canal, lamellae, canaliculi,lacunae, osteocytes. The structural unit of bone composed of the features listed above. |
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| cell that produces the fibers & matrix of bone |
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| cartilage between the epiphysis & diaphysis of a growing bone |
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| cell that dissolves the fibers & matrix of bone |
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| bones grow in length starting at the epiphyseal plate; cartilage plate in children & adolescents |
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| cartilage pad that covers the surface of a bone inside a joint cavity |
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| endochondral ossification |
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| the characteristic formation of bone from cartilage found in most bones, except for the skull, clavicle, and sesamoid bones. |
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| the first place where bone formation occurs; usually in the center of the diaphysis |
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| formation of bone in the epiphysis |
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