EVERYDAY SCIENCE

SCIENCE

CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is not a type of blood vessel?
A
arteries
B
veins
C
bone marrow
D
capillaries
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Fenestrated or sinusoidal capillaries form the majority of blood vessels in the skeletal vasculature. These are highly branched networks of blood vessels present in the marrow cavity of bones.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although bones are very hard organs, they also have a dense network of blood vessels inside them where the bone marrow is located as well as on the outside that is covered by the periosteum.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is Osteoclasts. Bone marrow refers to the tissue located in the hollow interior of long bones.

Detailed explanation-4: -The blood supply to bone is delivered to the endosteal cavity by nutrient arteries, then flows through marrow sinusoids before exiting via numerous small vessels that ramify through the cortex.

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