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What are the structural differences between compact bone and spongy bone?
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The compact bone has a continuous matrix with no gaps while the spongy bone has numerous branching bony plates. The irregular connecting spaces between the plates help reduce the bone's weight in the spongy bone.
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What are differences between compact and spongy bone the can be seen with the eye?
Spongy bone can appear yellow because it has some fat in it, and it is possible to see small holes in spongy bone. Also, spongy bone is not long (like the wrist). Compact bone is usually long (like a femur) and white.
What is between the two bones?
spongy and compact
Do flat bones consist of compact bone sandwiched between spongy bone?
The compact bone surrounds the spongy bone and provides structure for the body.
Do flat bones consist of compact bones sandwiched between spongy bones?
No. Flat bones consist of spongy bone sandwiched between compact bone.
What differences between compact bone and spongy bone?
Spongy bone is lighter and less dense than Compact bone. It consists of plates and bars of bone adjacent to small, irregular cavities that contain red bone marrow. Compact bone consists of closely packed osteons or Haversian systems.
What are the differences between compact and spongy bone?
The compact bone has a continuous matrix with no gaps while the spongy bone has numerous branching bony plates. The irregular connecting spaces between the plates help reduce the bone's weight in the spongy bone.
Is the compact bone spongy?
Actually the compact bone isn't spongy at all, the compact bone is a tough layer making the bone neither too rigid or too brittle. So the compact bone is not spongy. Spongy bone, like its name is spongy.
Does the stenum has two layers of compact bone with a layer of spongy bone sandwiched in between?
Yes. The sternum is a flat bone. Flat bones have two layers of compact bone with diploe in between the compact bone. Diploe is the layer of spongy bone.
What are the spongy pads found between bones?
The bone is constructed of compact and spongy bone, unless you are referring to the cushioning between bone that bend called joints, you would have to be more specific
Are bones lightweight because of spongy or compact bone?
Spongy
What differences between compact and spongy bone can be seen with the naked eye?
As the names suggest, compact bone is solid-looking, and forms the outer layers of all bone (and the shafts in long bones). Spongy bone looks like sponge, with small holes, and is found on the inside of bones and the expanded heads of long bones. As the names suggest, spongy bone is softer than the solid, compact bone. With the naked eye, you can see that the compact bone is smooth and located around the outside of a cross-section of bone. Spongy bone, on the other hand, is located on the inside and is very porous, like a sponge.
Which term best describes compact bone?
spongy and compact .
