Compact Bone Structure

Question 0

What are the Lamellae?

Answer 0

Weight-bearing, column like matrix tubes composed of mainly of collagen.

3 types: osteon Lamellae, interstitial Lamellae, circumferential Lamellae.

Question 1

What is an osteon?

Answer 1

AKA Haversian System

- the structural unit of compact bone

Question 2

What is a Haversian canal?

Answer 2

Central canal containing blood vessels and nerves

Question 3

What are Volkmann’s canals?

Answer 3

Canal lying at a right angle to the central canal, connecting blood and nerve supply (of the Haversian canal) to the periosteum.

Question 4

What are lacunae?

Answer 4

Small cavities in bone that contain osteocytes.

Question 5

What are canaliculi?

Answer 5

Hair like canals that connect lacunae to each other and the central canal (cell-to-cell communication).