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| the most compressable cartilage; resistant to stretch and forms vertebral discs and knee joint cartilage |
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| abundant with more elastic fibers causing elasticity |
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| the most abundant type of cartilage; provides support |
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| extremely small tubular passages or canals |
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| a small space, cavity, or depression in the bone or cartilage which are occupied by cells |
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| runs through the core of the osteon |
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| primarily in spongy bone; red blood cell reproduction |
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| covers joint surfaces of each epiphysis; cushions opposing bone ends during joint movement and absorbs stress |
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| a disc of hyaline cartilage that grows during childhood to lengthen the bone |
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| a glistening white, double layered membrane that covers joint surfaces on the epiphysis of the bone |
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| the tubular shaft that forms the long axis of the bone; thick collar of compact bone which surrounds a central medullary cavity (marrow) |
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Bones that aren't in any of the other categories; primarily spongy bones covered with a thin layer of compact bone
ex: vertebrae, some smaller bones |
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consists of a sandwich of cancellous (spongy bone) between two layers of cortical (compact) bone
ex: mandible (jaw), the skull |
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roughly cubed shape with vertical and horizontal dimensions somewhat equal; primarily consists of spongy bone
ex: carpal bones |
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have cancellous (spongy) bone at each end; longer than they are wide; filled with bone marrow
ex: femur, ulna, radius |
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| also known as cancellous or trabecular; pourous and a network of fibers shaped like small rodds and plates |
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| solid, although blood vessels do run through it |
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