Learning objectives for describe parts and blood supply of long bone
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The nutrient artery (arteria nutricia) or medullary, usually accompanied by one or two veins, enters the bone through the nutrient foramen, runs obliquely through the cortex, sends branches upward and downward to the bone marrow, which ramify in the endosteum – the vascular membrane lining the medullary cavity, and give twigs to the adjoining canals. Nutrient arteries are the most apparent blood vessels of the bones.
Nutrient artery
The blood supply to long bones, here with nutrient arteries labeled.

A nutrient artery feeding the femur seen on X-ray
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