Anth 384/Skeletal Biology
Lab Assignment # 1
Name: ____________________
BONE AND CARTILAGE
1-A.
Consulting the model of a Haversian system identify and define the following terms:
Haversian canal:
lacuna:
osteocyte:
canaliculus:
Haversian lamellae:
interstitial lamellae:
1-B.
Define the following terms.
osteoblast:
osteoclast:
epiphysis:
diaphysis:
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2. After reading the handout on the use and care of the microscope, examine the following under the
microscope and make notes on the salient differences you observe. Diagram (in plain and/or color pencil) a
representative field of each. Label your drawings. Name some of the locations in the skeleton where each
type of cartilage is found. You may use a separate sheet of paper for your diagrams. Consult a good anatomy
or histology text.
a. Frog hyaline cartilage (Slide 93W 3645)
b. Elastic cartilage (Slide H2.62)
c. White fibro-cartilage (Slide 93W3279)
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3. Cancellous bone. After examining this slide, draw a representative section with labels identifying
key components. (Slide H735)
4. Thin dry ground bone cross section (c.s.): Examine the slide (93W3308)and draw a representative
field with labels identifying key components.
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5. Developing long bone l.s. Examine the slide (Slide H2.77) and draw a representative field with
labels identifying key components
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