Microscopic Anatomy of Bone

Structure #3 is a/n

• osteon
• perforating (Volkmann's) canals
• Central (Haversian) canals
• canaliculi

Structure #4 is a/n

• osteon
• osteocyte
• lacuna
• osteoblast

Structures #5, which are situated within structures #8, are 

• osteons
• lamellae
• lacunae
• osteocytes

Structures #6 are  

• osteons
• lamellae
• lacunae
• canaliculi

Structure #7 is a/n 

• canaliculi
• perforating (Volkmann's canals
• central (Haversian) canals
• osteocytes

Structures #8, the cavities surrounding structures #5, are the

• osteons
• lamellae
• lacunae
• osteocytes

An osteocyte "lives" in __.

• lacunae
• lamellae
• Haversian canals
• Volkmann's canals

Canaliculi are for 

• providing protection 
• housing osteocytes
• providing nourishment
• holding bone together

Mature bone cells that live in tiny cavities within the bone are called?

• osteocytes
• osteoblasts
• osteoclasts
• osteons

The functional unit that makes up compact bone is called the

• Osteon
• Trabeculae
• Central Canal
• Osteocyte