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Since you have the luxuryLuxury? Yes, a luxury because, on a lab practicum, your instructor will expect you to figure out the primary tissue type on your own. of already knowing this is connective tissue, examine structure (e) and the arrangement of the concentric layers (e.g., b), around the tunnel-like structure (d).

Once you have classified the tissue, you should be able to identify the cell type (g) that resides in "pit-like" structure (a) with the fine-lines, or "little canals" (c) radiating from each "pit."

Compact bone

1. Lacuna
2. Concentric lamellae
3. Canaliculi
4. Central (Haversian) canal
5. Osteon
6. Interstitial lamellae
7. Osteocyte
8. Femur*
9. Support and protect; act as levers for skeletal muscles; store calcium; store fat; sites of hematopoiesis (blood cell production)

*Other locations include: your choice of over 200 bones in the skeletal system!