Nutrient aery supplying the bone enters from which end
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
Away from the growing end
Towards the growing end
No fixed entry point
Metaphyseal end
General anatomy