
Bone: the tissue
This trabecula of bone is being eroded by multiple osteoclasts, very large cells with multiple nuclei. Osteoclasts resorb bone in the reverse order from which it was deposited: the inorganic matrix is resorbed first, followed by the organic matrix. The resorption results in shallow depressions in the bone called Howship’s lacunae. Two blood vessels are also present. Spongy woven bone, 400x

Bone
This trabecula of bone is being eroded by multiple osteoclasts, very large cells with multiple nuclei. Osteoclasts resorb bone in the reverse order from which it was deposited: the inorganic matrix is resorbed first, followed by the organic matrix. The resorption results in shallow depressions in the bone called Howship’s lacunae. Two blood vessels are also present. Spongy woven bone, 400x

Osteoclasts
This trabecula of bone is being eroded by multiple osteoclasts, very large cells with multiple nuclei. Osteoclasts resorb bone in the reverse order from which it was deposited: the inorganic matrix is resorbed first, followed by the organic matrix. The resorption results in shallow depressions in the bone called Howship’s lacunae. Two blood vessels are also present. Spongy woven bone, 400x

- Howship's lacunae
This trabecula of bone is being eroded by multiple osteoclasts, very large cells with multiple nuclei. Osteoclasts resorb bone in the reverse order from which it was deposited: the inorganic matrix is resorbed first, followed by the organic matrix. The resorption results in shallow depressions in the bone called Howship’s lacunae. Two blood vessels are also present. Spongy woven bone, 400x

- Nuclei
This trabecula of bone is being eroded by multiple osteoclasts, very large cells with multiple nuclei. Osteoclasts resorb bone in the reverse order from which it was deposited: the inorganic matrix is resorbed first, followed by the organic matrix. The resorption results in shallow depressions in the bone called Howship’s lacunae. Two blood vessels are also present. Spongy woven bone, 400x

Blood vessels
This trabecula of bone is being eroded by multiple osteoclasts, very large cells with multiple nuclei. Osteoclasts resorb bone in the reverse order from which it was deposited: the inorganic matrix is resorbed first, followed by the organic matrix. The resorption results in shallow depressions in the bone called Howship’s lacunae. Two blood vessels are also present. Spongy woven bone, 400x

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Image taken from a slide in the University of Virginia collection.