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What are the two regions of cartilage in a growing long bone are called?
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What bone lines the superficial regions of all bone spongy or compact?
The make-up of a bone is essentially a joint surface which is covered in a cartilage layer with a spongy tissue underneath the cartilage called the cancellous bone. The compact bone is then the superficial layer with a connective tissue lining the superficial regions called the periosteum.
What are the four regions of bone?
spongy layer, compact bone, cartilage, and bone marrow
What is the cartilage articulates with another bone or bone process called?
It is just called an articular cartilage. The type of cartilage is fibrocartilage.
What is the covering of a bone to which ligaments and tendons are attached?
cartilage
The tissue conecting the bone to bone is called?
cartilage
What is the growing end of a bone called?
In the long bones of children it is called an epiphysial growth plate which is a layer of hyaline cartilage located in the metaphysis which is between the epiphysis (the end of the bone) and diaphysis (the middle of the bone/shaft of the bone).
What is the tissue called on the flexible tip of the nose?
There IS a nose bone, in fact it's called the nasal bone at the top of the nose. It's a short bone that doesn't extend the length of the nose. At the end of the nasal bone is where the cartilage starts. You can find anatomical pictures on google for a visual.
Cartilage is replaced by bone in a process called .?
ossification
How could x-rays of the femur be used to determine whether a person had reached full height?
once you are done growing, your epiphyseal plates (growth plates) which are cartilage, become ossified and turn to bone. If you still have the cartilage, you are not done growing. If it is all bone, you are.
What is the term for the process of cartilage turning into bone?
Endochondral Ossification meaning "formed in cartilage.
What is the soft part on the bone called?
The innermost part of the bone in called the Bone Marrow or inner bone
Where is cartilage found on the surface of a large bone?
In fully formed, non-growing bones, cartilage is found on the ends of bones where they articulate with other bones.
