Bone is broken down by __________.

Yolanda is asked to review a bone slide that her professor has set up under the microscope. She sees concentric layers surrounding a central cavity. Is this bone section taken from the diaphysis or the epiphyseal plate of the specimen?

What is yellow marrow? How do spongy and compact bone look different?

If spongy bone has no osteons, how do nutrients reach the osteocytes?

Which of the following is a canal-like passageway allowing vasculature and nerves to move through the bone?

The cells that maintain mature compact bone are __________.

Osteocytes maintain contact with the blood vessels of the central canal through __________.

The lacunae of bone contain __________.

Spongy bone contains all of the following EXCEPT __________.