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Can you tell me how is spongy and compact bone fed with blood?

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Dr. Cornelius Oleary answered

Specializes in Urgent Care

Blood supply: There are several sources of blood supply to your bones. Long bones have a nutrient artery inside them that feeds them with pressure through haversian canals in a centrifugal supply. This blood supply dominates the blood supply to your bone, but if a fracture disturbs this supply, most of the flow comes through the periosteal lining which is rich in blood supply , through a centripetal supply

Answered 12/12/2015

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