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 cavity The nutrient aery supplies medullary cavity inner 2/3 of coex and metaphysis Each branch divide into a number of small parllel channels which terminate in the adult metaphysis by anastomosing with epiphysial metaphysial and periosteal aeries Description Ref BD CHAURASIA S Handbook of General Anatomy Fouh edition Pg no 43