Labeled Compact Bone. The diagram above shows a longitudinal view of an osteon. This is an online quiz called Compact Bone Labeling There is a printable worksheet available for download here so you can take the quiz with pen and paper.
Compact bone makes up 80 percent of the human skeleton. Diagram of Compact Bone. How you will use this image and then you will be able to add this image to your shopping basket.
Compact bone also called cortical bone is the hard stiff smooth thin white bone tissue that surrounds all bones in the human body.
Sections highlighted in red Original magnification 200X. Compact bone is found in each bone of the body particularly weight-bearing bones such as the femur fibula and tibia. Some mostly older compact bone is remodelled to form these Haversian systems or osteons. The remainder of the bone is formed by cancellous or spongy bone.
