Choose the Structures That Most Directly Provide Nutrients and Remove

question 52

Multiple Choice

Choose the structures that most directly provide nutrients and remove wastes from osteocytes in compact bone.

• A) perforating (Volkmann's) canals
• B) central canals
• C) nutrient foramens
• D) canaliculi

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