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What are the depressions in the osteons in which the osteocytes are set?
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What is difference between an osteon and osteocyte?
An osteon is the functional unit of cortical bone. Osteons contain osteocytes, which are cells that produce bone matrix.
Does spongy bones contain osteons?
No spngy bone does not contain osteons. Compact bone does contain osteons.
What is the basic unit of bone tissue?
Bone tissue is classified into compact bone and spongy bone. The compact bone basic unit is the osteon, or Haversian System. There are no osteons in spongy bone, but it is composed of lamellae, osteocytes, lacunae and canaliculi.
What are remodeled osteons?
When old osteons are removed, concentric rings of lamellae are fragmented which then results in interstitial lamellaebetween the intact osteons.
What is the structure of bone tissue?
In a bone, the osteocytes and layers of extracellular matrix, which are concentrically clustered around a central canal, form a cylinder-shaped unit called an osteon, or Haversian system. Many osteons cemented together form the substances of bone.Hope that helped!
Function of osteon?
Osteons (also called Haversian systems) form the basic structural unit of bone. Inside osteons we find the haversion canal - a central canal that contains the bone's nerve and blood supplies. The haversion canals surround these blood vessels and nerve cells. Communication with osteocytes in lacunae ("small lakes") through canaculi ("small canals") is possibly due to intercommunication channels between the haversion canals.
Do osteocytes mature into osteoblasts?
No, osteocytes don't mature into osteoblasts. Osteoblasts mature into osteocytes.
Do osteocytes lack nuclei?
No. Osteocytes have a nucleus.
Compact bone is arranged in concentric circular pattens what are there names?
Components of compact bone tissue are arranged into repeating structural units called osteons and haversian systems, each osteon consists of a central (haversian) canal with its concentrically arranged lamellae, lacunae, osteocytes and caniculi.
Does lacunae bone contain osteons?
no
What is the functional unit of bone?
The osteon is the structural unit of compact bone. Haversian system is a microscopic, structural unit of compact bone also called the osteon. The osteons are arranged in multiple layers or rings called concentric lamella.
What are osteocytes responsible for?
Osteocytes are mature osteoblasts which maintain the bone structure.
