Compact bone contains a central canal that runs the length of the bone, often called a Haversian canal. Haversian canals allow blood vessels and some nerves to reach into the bone.

A bone autograft involves repairing bone with material from a person’s own body. Surgeons can take tissue from a person’s cancellous (spongy) bone, cortical (compact) bone, or bone marrow.

Nanoscale materials could help in bone tissue repair and regeneration in prosthetic surgery. In a review article, Nongyue He of Southeast University in Nanjing, China, and coworkers highlight ...

Bone paper can be produced in large quantities; the team was able to produce more than 5,000 pieces from one bovine femur. Yongkuk Park, a chemical engineering grad student and the first author ...

A multidisciplinary research team has developed a technique to replicate bone tissue complexity and bone-remodeling processes. This breakthrough could help researchers further their study of bone ...

Are you due for a bone density test? The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced updated osteoporosis screening guidelines on January 14, 2025. Women 65 years or older, or postmenopausal ...

What am I looking at?This is a stained cross section of spongy bone from a human fetus. The spongy bone is blue (1). You can also see the connective tissue ...

According to the team, the diopside is relatively nontoxic, biodegradable, and can stimulate the growth of bone tissue in its vicinity, so the implant can eventually fuse with the bone instead of ...