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The strength and rigidity of the bone is a result of the inorganic salts deposited in the matrix. Matrix is basically just large amount of non-cellular materials, which is what your bones are made of.
Laurence Aufderhar
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∙ 14y agoThe outer layer of the bone cell is very hard wich makes the bone hard.
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∙ 9y agoThe material of bones is hydroxyapatite.
Protein or calcium
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∙ 16y agoCalcium and phosphorus.
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∙ 11y agoCalcium
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What makes compact bone hard?
Osteonic canals contain blood vessels that connect to the long axis of the bone. The blood vessels that are connected perforate the canals of the bone and provide vessels to the surface of the bone which makes the bone hard.
What substance do bone cells take from the blood to keep it hard?
Calcium and Phosphorus
What is the function of the calcium salts in the long bone?
Bone is a composite material, like fiberglass (something hard [and thus brittle] in a matrix of a more flexible substance. In fiberglass the glass makes the (fishing rod) strong, the plastic makes it tough. In bone, the calcium salts make it strong and hard, the connective tissue makes it tough.
What kind of bone that makes a bone hard?
Compact bone.
What is the lightest bone in your body?
It contains calcium which is a substance that does not weight. Therefore it makes bones be strong and hard. If you took the calcium, the bones would be flexible and not hard at all.
What is the substance that gives bone its hard quality?
calcium phosphate
What makes the bone hard and strong?
Calcium.
What thing makes bone hard?
Calcium
What is a hard bone like substance beneath the enamel?
Nothing(ㅋㅋㅋ)
Are bone hard because they contain minerals?
Calcium makes them hard.
What are the functions of the compact bone and spongy bone?
Compact bone makes the bones hard enough so that they can provide support to the body and protect organs. It makes up the hard exterior of skeletal bones. Spongy bone (cancellous bone) is in shorter, flatter bones, and at the ends of long bones. It has more blood vessels and usually contains bone marrow, where red blood cells are produced.
What is the substance that makes wood hard?
Cellulose.
