Bone Structure

Dense bone tissue that have a continuous extracellular matrix with no gaps.

• Spongy Bone

• Endosteum

• Compact Bone

• Periosteum

Cavity in the diaphysis that contain red or yellow marrow.

• Medullary Cavity

• Marrow cavity

• Nerve cavity

• All of the above

True or False. Bone structure reflects its function.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

These type of bones are typically longer than they are wide.

• Irregular

• Flat

• Short

• Long

This type of cell dissolves and reshapes bone.

• osteocyte

• osteoclast

• osteoblast

• osteon

The epiphysis is 

• The shaft of a bone

• a bone cell

• the end of a long bone

• the covering of a bone

What is canaliculi?

• mature bone cell

• bone tissue

• dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones

• tiny canals that link osteocytes

• small cavities in bone that contain osteocytes

These type of bones have a variety of shapes.

• Long

• Short

• Irregular

• Flat

These bones are thin and flattened.

• Flat

• Long

• Short

• Irregular

These type of bones have roughly equal widths and lengths; cube shaped.

• Long

• Short

• Flat

• Irregular