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What category has the least amount of spongy bone relative to its total volume the long short flat and irregular?
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∙ 10y ago
flat is the skull very little spongy bone. irregular includes the patella and the bones in the ears. i believe it's irregular bones.
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∙ 14y ago
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Which bone type has the least amount of spongy bone relative to its total volume?
LONG BONES have the least amount of spongy bone relative to its total volume. SOURCE (BOOK): Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology.
What Type of bone contains plate separated by irregular spaces?
spongy bone
Bone that consist of numerous bony bars and plates seperated by irregular spaces?
spongy bone
Compare compact and spongy bone in macroscopic appearance structure and relative location?
Compact Bone in macroscopic appearance looks solid and dense. Spongy bone in macroscopic appearance looks poorly organized. compact bone in microscopic structure is riddled with passage ways that serve as conduits for nerves, blood vessels and lymphatic vessels. Spongy bone is microscopic structure; the trabaculae in spongy bone align precisely along lines of stress and help the bone resist stress as much as possible. Location of compact bone in the outer layer of short, flat and irregular bones and also in the diaphysis of long bones. Spongy bone location; in the inside of short, flat and irregular bones and also in the epihyses of long bones.
What are the structural differences between compact bone 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.
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.
In contrast to compact bone tissue this type of bone tissue contains an irregular latticework of thin columns of bone?
spongy (bone tissue)
What category of the bone is composed of two layers of compact bone sandwhichng a layer of spongy bone?
diaphysis
What are two kinds of bone tissue?
Two types of bone tissue are compact bone and spongy bone. Compact bone functions as the basic supporting tissue of the body. Spongy bone's function , meanwhile, is to make up most of the short, flat, and irregular bones in your body. It also makes up the ends of long bones.
Are bones classified according to structure?
long short flat seasmoid irregular
Why are spongy bones spongy?
Spongy bones are not literally spongy. These bones are just extremely porous giving the appearance of looking like spongy material.
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.
