Osteology

Posted on Sep 5, 2011

Marrow fills up cylindrical cavities
in the bodies of the long bones;

blood vessels pass into minute orifices
through canals that traverse substance.

The intimately combined animal and earthly part
make it a hard structure of the adult body:

earthly matter confers its hardness and rigidity
while the animal matter determines its tenacity,

a degree of toughness and elasticity
pinkish-white externally and deep red within.

SOURCE: Henry Gray, Anatomy of the Human Body (http://www.bartleby.com/107/)

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