A long bone consists of a ________, a long shaft of bone, which extends between two enlarged terminal portions called the ________.

A. diaphysis; epiphyses
B. compact bone; epiphysial plates
C. diaphysis; endosteum
D. diaphysis; articular cartilages


Answer: A

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