Nutrient aery supplying the bone enters from which end: (A) Away from the growing end, (B) Towards the growing end, (C) No fixed entry point, (D) Metaphyseal end
Answer is A. Nutrient aery: it enters the shaft through nutrient foramen run obliquely through the cotex and divides into ascending and descending branches in medullary cavityThe nutrient aery supplies medullary cavity, inner 2/3 of coex and metaphysisEach branch divide into a number of small parllel channels which terminate in the adult metaphysis by anastomosing with epiphysial, metaphysial and periosteal aeries Ref BD CHAURASIA S Handbook of General Anatomy Fouh edition Pg no 43