Nutrient artery supplying the bone enters from which end
Nutrient artery: it enters the shaft through nutrient foramen run obliquely through the cortex and divides into ascending and descending branches in the medullary cavity
The nutrient artery supplies medullary cavity, inner 2/3 of cortex and metaphysics
Each branch divide into a number of small parallel channels which terminate in the adult metaphysis by anastomosing with epiphysial, metaphysical and periosteal arteries
Away from the growing end
Towards the growing end
No fixed entry point
Metaphyseal end