Bone was living tissue,as such has blood flow,The holes (channels) are called Halversian canals,The oraganic materials you see (in the pores) is blood.
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Bone was living tissue,as such has blood flow,The holes (channels) are called Halversian canals,The oraganic materials you see (in the pores) is blood.
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The Haversian canals in the region called 'compact bone' comunicate with the osteocytes in the region called 'dense bone' - we use the outer, denser periphery of the bone rather that the interior, which gets increasing more sponge-like as you approach the centre.
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Neil