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What is the difference between compact bone and spongy bone and where are they found?
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The middle section of a long bone is compact or 'solid'. Of course, this bone is not completely solid . . . there are 3 kinds of living bone cells located there: Osteoblasts, which grow new bone, Osteoclasts, which remove bone for use elsewhere in the body, and osteocytes, which are simply living cells within the bone.
Near the ends of the long bones, though, is bone that has zillions of little 'bubbles' of bone . . . it does look a little like a sponge, but it is hard.
The spongy bone is near the part that grows when you are young. Later in life the spongy bone helps cushion sharp impacts to the bone ends.
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What is the difference between spongey bone and compact bone and where are both found?
The spongy bone is called cartilage, cartilage is found in the nose, ears, ans. Normal bones are your legs, arms ans.
What are the spongy pads found between bones?
The bone is constructed of compact and spongy bone, unless you are referring to the cushioning between bone that bend called joints, you would have to be more specific
Which one is found in a compact bone but not in a spongy bone?
Trabeculae are found in spongy or cancellous bone.
Can compact and spongy bone be found within the same long bone?
yes it can
Are lamellae found in spongy bone?
No, Osteon's are found in compact bone.
Red bone marrow is found in spongy or compact bone?
Bone marrow is the substance that is found at the core of bones, and is either made of fat or red blood cells depending on the type of bone in question. For spongy bone, the marrow is made of red blood cells.
What differences between compact and spongy bone can be seen with the naked eye?
As the names suggest, compact bone is solid-looking, and forms the outer layers of all bone (and the shafts in long bones). Spongy bone looks like sponge, with small holes, and is found on the inside of bones and the expanded heads of long bones. As the names suggest, spongy bone is softer than the solid, compact bone. With the naked eye, you can see that the compact bone is smooth and located around the outside of a cross-section of bone. Spongy bone, on the other hand, is located on the inside and is very porous, like a sponge.
What marrow is found between the trabeculae of spongy bone?
Red marrow is found within the trabeculae of spongy bone.
Layer of bone tissue having many small spaces and found just inside the layer of compact bone?
spongy bone
Type of connective tissue that is classified as compact or spongy?
Bone tissue can be either spongey or compact. Compact bone is found on the walls of the shaft of bones while Spongey bone is found at the ends of the bone where joints are made.
What spongy pads are found between bones?
your pit hairs
What differences with compact bone and spongy bone can be seen with the naked eye?
As the names suggest, compact bone is solid-looking, and forms the outer layers of all bone (and the shafts in long bones). Spongy bone looks like sponge, with small holes, and is found on the inside of bones and the expanded heads of long bones. As the names suggest, spongy bone is softer than the solid, compact bone. With the naked eye, you can see that the compact bone is smooth and located around the outside of a cross-section of bone. Spongy bone, on the other hand, is located on the inside and is very porous, like a sponge.
