Question

Difference between bone and cartilage is in having:

• A. Haversian canal
• B. Blood vessel
• C. Lymph vessel
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is D All of the above

• The Haversian canal is a series of tubes around narrow channels formed by lamellae.
• The Haversian canals surround blood vessels and nerve cells throughout the bone and communicate with osteocytes in lacunae through canaliculi.
• They are present only in bones and not in cartilages.
• The matrix of bones are vascular and the matrix of cartilage is non-vascular.
• Hence, the correct option is D.