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Calcium hydroxyapatite is the substance most commonly found in bones. Almost 50 % bone is made of this salt and rest is organic material, mostly collagen fibers. Bones are porous so light weight and Calcium salt gives it hardness and organic fibers gives it flexibility like cement and steel rods in cement concrete.
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What are the 2 types of marrow found in the bone?
The red bone marrow makes red blood cells. The yellow bone marrow makes chemical energy.
What are the important organic bone components?
Bone Cells, Collagen Fibers, Ground Substance
The most abundant cell type in bone is?
Osteocytes are the most abundant bone cell type comprising about 95% of all bone cells. Although relatively inert, they are capable of molecular modification and synthesis.
What is the name for the substance witch makes up the skeleton?
Bone
Bone like substance?
Cartilage
A gel-like substance that produces blood cells?
Bone marrow is the gel-like substance that produces blood cells. It is found within the bone.
What is the lime green bone fragment found after cremation?
There actually is no lime green bone fragment after cremation. It is actually a grey green substance known as bone fragments.
Red bone marrow is found in spongy or compact bone?
Bone marrow is the substance that is found at the core of bones, and is either made of fat or red blood cells depending on the type of bone in question. For spongy bone, the marrow is made of red blood cells.
Which protein is the most-abundant in the bone?
Collagen
What is the protein most abundant in the bone?
collagen
What are the 2 types of marrow found in the bone?
The red bone marrow makes red blood cells. The yellow bone marrow makes chemical energy.
What is the mineral substance in bone?
Hydroxylapatite is the mineral substance in bone. It is a calcium compound.
What are the important organic bone components?
Bone Cells, Collagen Fibers, Ground Substance
What is the substance in the center of the bone?
bone marrow :)
The most abundant cell type in bone is?
Osteocytes are the most abundant bone cell type comprising about 95% of all bone cells. Although relatively inert, they are capable of molecular modification and synthesis.
What mineral or substance is removed from the baked bone?
bone marrow
What is calcium nickname?
The bone mineral. The most abundant mineral in the body
