EXCI 202 Midterm: EXCI 202

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Stretchy collagen and calcium phosphate make up bones. Mature collagen gives your bone extra strength but it has a bit of give. Fuse together during the process of ossification to produce the solid bone. When the process of ossificiation begins and soft bones become solid bones we have these sections called growth plates. At the end of bones there are regions called growth plates where growth in length occurs at these plates. When looking at diagram w ith something that"s living, Red symbolized arteries and veins: blood vessels. Blood vessels enter the bone allowing for the flow of nutrients to the bone and waste products away from the bone. Periosteum is the exterior outer layer and directly underneath it is the compact bone. When you look at a dead bone you see only hard compact bone thick but not solid.

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