AIMS OF THIS CHAPTER
Explore the main features of the bone tissue
Introduce the bone tissue cells
Recognize bone tissue in histological sections and distinguish its different cells
Analyse the types of bone tissue
Study the structure of lamellar bone
Understand the process of longitudinal growth in long bones
Understand the intramembranous process of osteogenesis or ossification
Understand the endochondral process of osteogenesis or ossification
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Main features of the bone tissue
Microscopic organization of the bone tissue
Bone tissue cells
Types of bone tissue: non-lamellar and lamellar bone
Arrangement of the lamellar bone
Haversian systems or Osteons
Features of the bone tissue in the diaphyses
Periosteum and endosteum
Epiphyseal disc and the longitudinal growth of the diaphyses
Types of ossification or bone histogenesis
Intramembranous osteogenesis or ossification
Endochondral osteogenesis or ossification