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What is the center cavity of the diaphysis of a long bone is called?
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What is the cavity?
medullar cavity is the space within the diaphysis of a bone that contains yellow bone marrow. also called the marrow cavity ..
What is the medullar cavity?
medullar cavity is the space within the diaphysis of a bone that contains yellow bone marrow. also called the marrow cavity ..
What is the scientific term for bone shaft?
The shaft of the bone, between the epiphyses, is called the diaphysis. It has a hollow central medullary cavity containing marrow.The shaft of long bones is called DIAPHYSIS
What In an adults bone is filled with yellow marrow?
medullary cavity
What does bone marrow do for the body and where can it be found?
In the bones of the body. Bones have a swollen part on both the ends called epiphysis and in between epiphysis is diaphysis. when a TS is taken through diaphysis a central cavity is seen called marrow cavity which is filled with Yellow bone marrow.
What is the thick white fibrous membrane that covers the surface of the long bones?
Long bone: the ends are called the epiphysis, the shaft is called the diaphysis. There is articular cartilage on either ends. The long bones distally and proximally red marrow. There is yellow marrow in the diaphysis. The yellow marrow is mostly fat. On the surface of the bone is a periosteum which covers the endosteum. The center is called the medullary cavity.
What would you find in the marrow cavity of the diaphysis of an adult humerus?
yellow bone marrow.
What is the middle of a bone called?
diaphysis
What is the diaphysis of a long bone made of?
Diaphysis is the shaft of long bones. It is located between both Metaphyses and consists of compact bonewalls and an inner cavity.
What is the bones of the head called?
The head of the long bone is called the Epiphyseal.The long bone constists of a diaphysis and an epiphysis. The ends are epiphysis and the shaft is diaphysis.
What is The space within the diaphysis containing fatty yellow bone marrow in adults red bone marrow in kids and spongy bone?
Marrow Cavity
What covers the long bones?
The dense fibrous tissue that covers non articulating surfaces of bone is the periosteum.
