GENERAL HISTOLOGY

BONE

STRUCTURES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Dense bone tissue that have a continuous extracellular matrix with no gaps.
A
Spongy Bone
B
Endosteum
C
Compact Bone
D
Periosteum
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Compact Bone Osteocytes are found in concentric circles of mineralized extracellular matrix. Each circle is called a lamella (plural: lamellae) and the osteocytes are found along the edges of each lamella.

Detailed explanation-2: -compact bone, also called cortical bone, dense bone in which the bony matrix is solidly filled with organic ground substance and inorganic salts, leaving only tiny spaces (lacunae) that contain the osteocytes, or bone cells.

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