Compare how nutrients reach individual osteocytes in compact bone and in spongy bone

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In spongy bone, nutrients reach osteocytes by diffusing through the canaliculi from capillaries in the endosteum surrounding the trabeculae. In compact bone, nutrients travel from the blood supply of the medullary cavity through perforating (Volkmann's) canals that meet up with a central canal for each osteon. From a central canal, canaliculi connect with osteocytes.

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