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CHAPTER SIX – Morphological analysis the bone structures

Bone plate

Haversian canal

Bone cell

Protrusions of bone cell

Figure 19. Bone structure of the femur. The bones consist of osteons, which themselves consist of bone plates organized into concentric circles around the Haversian canals, among them are a large number of bone cells, the lamellae of which produce type I collagen fibres, which are horizontal and perpendicular. Inside the Haversian canal run arteries, veins and nerve fibres (Váradi

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