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Hard bone, or compact bone, appears dense and smooth, providing strength and structural support. It is characterized by a tightly packed arrangement of bone cells and matrix, forming a solid outer layer. In contrast, spongy bone, or cancellous bone, has a porous, lattice-like structure filled with marrow and blood vessels, giving it a lighter appearance. The spongy bone is typically found at the ends of long bones and within the interior of others, allowing for flexibility and reduced weight.
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What is spongy bone also called?
spongey bone is flexible but can break very easily. Isnt science fascinating.
What is your spongy bone made up of?
Spongy bone looks like what a sponge looks like. It has many openings and a thin covering of hard bone over it.
What is the difference between bone and spongy bone?
Cortical bone, also known as compact bone is one of two main types of osseous tissues. Cortical bone is dense and forms the surface of bones, contributing 80% of the weight of a human skeleton. It is extremely hard, formed of multiple stacked layers with few gaps. The other major type of bone is trabecular or cancellous bone; it is spongy and makes up the bulk of the interior of most bones, including the vertebrae.
What type of tissue form hard mineral trabeculac?
Spongy bone (trabecular bone, cancellous bone)
What is the innermost layer component of a bone?
Bone is not a solid uniform material; it has spaces between the hard elements. The hard outer layer of the bone is made up of the compact cortical bone tissue that gives bone the hard, white, smooth solid appearance. This is often called 'dense' bone. The inside of the bone is filled with trabecular bone tissue (cancellous or spongy bone) which has a honeycombed appearance due to its open cell porous network made up of rod and plate elements that give the bone lightness and room for the blood vessels and bone marrow.
What is the difference between bone and bones?
the difference is that spongy bone is soft and sqeezeable and regular bone are hard to bite and its harder to break
How does compact bone differ from spongy bone?
Although compact bone looks hard and solid, a microscope reveals that it is riddled with passageways that serve as conduits for nerves, blood vessels, and lymphatic vessels. Spongy bone looks like a poorly organized tissue. Spongy bone looks like Swiss cheese with the many holes presented.
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 are 2 types of bones found in the body?
You have two types of bone in each bone. You have compact bone and spongy bone. Compact bone is the hard stuff that protects the yellow marrow (this stores fat) in the long part of your bone. Spongy bone is still hard, but it is a bit more forgiving because it is not solid bone. It has holes in it (thus the name). These holes are filled with your red marrow (these make red blood cells).
What are three layers within the femur?
the three layers are.... compact bone spongy bone bone marrow
What type of bone tissue makes up the dense hard outer layer of bone?
Cortical bone tissue makes up the dense hard outer layer of bone. It is also known as compact bone and provides structure and protection to the inner spongy bone tissue.
Bone found in the epiphysis of the bone?
The epiphysis is the rounded end of a long bone, and it contains spongy bone tissue that provides structural support and helps in shock absorption. The epiphysis also plays a role in bone growth and development by containing red bone marrow, which is responsible for producing blood cells.
