Veterinary Gross Anatomy

BONE

Bone is a hard structure, appears yellowish-white in colour in a fresh dead bone. While in the living animal, it appears bluish pink. It is hard and rigid in macerated and prepared bones, but in the living animals, the rigidity is combined with a certain degree of flexibility also.They function to move, support, and protect the various organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells and store minerals.

The details of the bone  can be known by reading the following chapters.

• Chemical composition
• Structure of Bone
• Classification of Bones
• Coverings of Bones
• Bone marrow
• Development of bone
• Growth of Bones
• Terminology