bone (osseus) tissue
Osseous tissue
The type of tissue you are describing is osseous tissue, commonly known as bone tissue. It is characterized by a matrix that includes calcium salts and collagen fibers, which provide strength and rigidity. The structural components, such as lamellae (concentric layers) and lacunae (small cavities that house osteocytes), are essential for bone's support and maintenance functions. This specialized connective tissue plays a crucial role in the skeletal system.
Osseous tissue has calcium, salts, and blood vessels.
When cartilage becomes impregnated with calcium salts, it can transform into bone tissue through a process called endochondral ossification. This leads to the formation of bone tissue from a cartilaginous template.
Osseous tissue has cells that are arranged in concentric circles around a nutrient canal matrix and is hard due to calcium salts.
Osseous Tissue
Connective tissue.... bone!
The deposition of calcium salts into bone tissue is called mineralization or calcification. This process helps to strengthen and harden the bones, making them more rigid and able to support the body.
Osseous tissie
Bone is not connective tissue. Instead, connective tissue -- ligaments and tendons -- connect to the bone.
The salts that form tiny crystals in the intercellular matrix of bone tissue consist largely of calcium and phosphate ions, specifically in the form of hydroxyapatite. These salts provide the bone with its strength and hardness, contributing to its overall structure and function.
Some calcium salts are organic, some calcium salts are inorganic.