The blood supply to long bones, here with nutrient artery, vein and foramen labeled.
A nutrient canal feeding the femur seen on X-ray
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A02.0.00.042
TA2
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FMA
75378
Anatomical terminology
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All bones possess larger or smaller foramina (openings) for the entrance of blood-vessels; these are known as the nutrient foramina, and are particularly large in the shafts of the larger long bones, where they lead into a nutrient canal, which extends into the medullary cavity.
The nutrient canal (foramen) is directed away from the growing end of bone.
The growing ends of bones in upper limb are upper end of humerus and lower ends of radius and ulna. In lower limb, the lower end of femur and upper end of tibia are the growing ends.[1] The nutrient arteries along with nutrient veins pass through this canal.
A nutrient canal is found in long bones, in the mandible,[citation needed] and in dental alveoli.[2] In long bones the nutrient canal is found in the shaft.
^Atlas and textbook of human anatomy. Atlas der deskriptiven Anatomie des Menschen.English. Saunders. 1909.
^Fielding, CG (1 March 2002). "Nutrient Canals of the Alveolar Process as an Anatomic Feature for Dental Identifications". Journal of Forensic Sciences. 47 (2): 381–3. doi:10.1520/JFS15262J. PMID 11908613.
known as the nutrient foramina, and are particularly large in the shafts of the larger long bones, where they lead into a nutrientcanal, which extends...
known as the nutrient foramina, and are particularly large in the shafts of the larger long bones, where they lead into a nutrientcanal, which extends...
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Medullary cavity Endosteum Yellow bone marrow Red bone marrow Nutrient foramen Nutrientcanal Ossification center Cranium Neurocranium Viscerocranium Cranial...
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below. The linea aspera is perforated a little below its center by the nutrientcanal, which is directed obliquely upward. The other two borders of the femur...
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