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Spongy bones are not literally spongy. These bones are just extremely porous giving the appearance of looking like spongy material.
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What spongy tissue holds your bones together?
A spongy tissue in bones is inside the bones and it makes red blood cells.
Do all compact bones contain spongy and compact bone tissue?
Maybe a little, but most red bone marrow is foundin the SPONGY bone of the skull,ribs,sternum, vertebrae and in the end of long bones.
What is the type of bone that is adapted to withstand stresses that arrive from a limited range of directions?
Compact bones, which are dense, are bones adapted to withstand stresses. Compact bones are also referred to as cortical bone.
What is trabeculae?
Plates of bones tissue that make up the spongy bone.
How do the structural difference in compact bones and spongy bones relate to the locations and functions of these two type of bones?
---- Spongy bone is also called the cancellous bone which, as the name suggests, is very soft and it protects the bone/fatty marrow. The compact bone, on the other hand serves as a protector of everything within it. by Shamari K Brown Jamaica College 5 Arts (2007-2008) ----
Where is the spongy layer located?
they are exactly spongy bones but spongy bone cells wich are located in long bones.
What spongy tissue holds your bones together?
A spongy tissue in bones is inside the bones and it makes red blood cells.
Are bones lightweight because of spongy or compact bone?
Spongy
Do flat bones consist of compact bones sandwiched between spongy bones?
No. Flat bones consist of spongy bone sandwiched between compact bone.
What is spongy bones?
Spongy bone contains bone marrow and is 'softer" in the center.
What bones contain spongy bone tissue?
short bones
What is between the two bones?
spongy and compact
What does the inside of your bones looks like?
spongy
What is the histology of compact and spongy bones?
lumellar
What are the spongy bones functions?
Both red and white blood cells are produced in the spongy bone marrow.
What color is the spongy bone in chicken bones?
black
Why do bones light weight?
It is because of the spongy center.
