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How do compact and spongy bones differ?

Spongy Bone has more surface area, but it is weaker and not as dense as compact bone. Compact Bone is the tough outer layer of bone while spongy bone is the porous bone where the red and yellow marrow is. Spongy is softer bone, with holes in it. It is found inside the bone. It is lighter than compact bone. Compact bone is generally on the outer edges of bone. it is composed of multiple osteon units that are bunched closely together like stacked logs and, thus, is good at bearing weight in the long direction. Spongy bone is generally on the inside of compact bone. Individual osteon-like struts (called trabeculae) branch in many directions and interconnect. Thus, there are spaces created where red marrow exists. This kind of bone is good at handling stress from multiple directions and is lighter weight. Spongy bone can appear yellow because it has some fat in it, and it is possible to see small holes in spongy bone. Compact bone is usually white. Also, spongy bone is not long (like the wrist) most irregular and flat bones are formed from spongy bone tissue. Compact bone is usually long (like a femur). Compact bone tissue is hard with few open spaces & provides protection and support.Spongy bone tissue is porous with many open spaces


Made of compact bone?

Compact bone is the solid, hard, outside part of the bone. It looks like ivory and is extremely strong. Holes and channels run through it, carrying blood vessels and nerves from the periosteum, the bone's membrane covering, to its inner parts.Cancellous bone, which looks like a sponge, is inside the compact bone.


Is iliotibial band tissue fascia?

The iliotibal band is fibrous tissue. It does have a fascia lata which is a layer of tissue that runs along the thigh and serves to keep the knee stable.


What tissue is the digestive system made of?

The digestive system is primarily made up of muscular tissue, connective tissue, epithelial tissue, and nervous tissue. Muscular tissue helps with movement of food along the digestive tract, connective tissue provides support and structure, epithelial tissue lines the inner surface for absorption and secretion, and nervous tissue controls and coordinates its functions.


What tissue forms the aveoli?

This tissue is simple squamous, a type of epithelium. It is the thinnest tissue, one cell thick, since gases are exchanged in the aleoli and capillaries surrounding them.

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How do compact and spongy bones differ?

Spongy Bone has more surface area, but it is weaker and not as dense as compact bone. Compact Bone is the tough outer layer of bone while spongy bone is the porous bone where the red and yellow marrow is. Spongy is softer bone, with holes in it. It is found inside the bone. It is lighter than compact bone. Compact bone is generally on the outer edges of bone. it is composed of multiple osteon units that are bunched closely together like stacked logs and, thus, is good at bearing weight in the long direction. Spongy bone is generally on the inside of compact bone. Individual osteon-like struts (called trabeculae) branch in many directions and interconnect. Thus, there are spaces created where red marrow exists. This kind of bone is good at handling stress from multiple directions and is lighter weight. Spongy bone can appear yellow because it has some fat in it, and it is possible to see small holes in spongy bone. Compact bone is usually white. Also, spongy bone is not long (like the wrist) most irregular and flat bones are formed from spongy bone tissue. Compact bone is usually long (like a femur). Compact bone tissue is hard with few open spaces & provides protection and support.Spongy bone tissue is porous with many open spaces


Chromosomes become aligned along the equatorial plane of the cell?

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Made of compact bone?

Compact bone is the solid, hard, outside part of the bone. It looks like ivory and is extremely strong. Holes and channels run through it, carrying blood vessels and nerves from the periosteum, the bone's membrane covering, to its inner parts.Cancellous bone, which looks like a sponge, is inside the compact bone.


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nervous tissue


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What do haversian canals contain?

They are part of the microscopic structure of compact bone. Compact bone is solid, dense, and smooth.The structural unit of compact bone is the Haversian system or Osteon. These are elongated cylinders cemented together to form the long axis of a bone.Components of Haversian system consists of osteocytes (spider-shaped bone cells that lie in "lacunae") that have laid down a matrix of collagen and calcium salts in concentric lamellae (layers) around a central Haversian canal containing blood vessels and nerves.Each system has communicating canals within compact bone with other systems.


Is iliotibial band tissue fascia?

The iliotibal band is fibrous tissue. It does have a fascia lata which is a layer of tissue that runs along the thigh and serves to keep the knee stable.


What tissue along with other tissues make up the stomach?

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What tissue is the digestive system made of?

The digestive system is primarily made up of muscular tissue, connective tissue, epithelial tissue, and nervous tissue. Muscular tissue helps with movement of food along the digestive tract, connective tissue provides support and structure, epithelial tissue lines the inner surface for absorption and secretion, and nervous tissue controls and coordinates its functions.