Identify:

Macroscopic

• The unstained white-yellow compact bone.

Microscopic

• Haversian and Volkmann's canals

• Lamellae, lacunae en canaliculi

Draw and annotate:

A section of longitudinal ground bone to show Haversian and Volkmann's canals, lamellae, lacunae and canaliculi.

1. Explain why the lacunae all lie parallel to one another in the specimen?
2. How does the course of the Haversian canal differ from the Volkmann's canal?

Other

• Fig 14-001: Ground section of bone