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On your second lab quiz, I will ask you the parts of the supporting connective tissue both using these models and on histology slides. Try to guess what the numbers are pointing to. Then move your mouse over to see if you are correct.

For this bone histology slide, I would expect you can identify structures that I pointed to in addition to identifying the type of tissue this is.

Word Bank

  • Matrix
  • Central canal
  • Concentric Lamella
  • Interstitial Lamella
  • Lacuna (empty)
  • Osteocyte in Lacuna
  • Perforating (Volkmann's) Canal
Note Lamella=singular. Lamellae = plural.

Compact Bone
Concentric (Haversian )Lamellae Perforating (Volkmann's) Canal Interstitial Lamella Osteocyte in Lacuna Canaliculi Osteon Central (Haversian) canal Compact Bone