(1) Similarly, cortical bone is less prone to diagenetic contamination than porous, cancellous bone tissue.(2) The bones are mildly crushed dorsoventrally, particularly the ends of the metacarpals, suggesting that they were originally hollow or composed of open cancellous bone tissue.(3) Bones are made up of two types of material - compact bone and cancellous bone.(4) Fluoride increases bone formation by stimulating osteoblasts and increasing cancellous bone formation in patients with osteoporosis.(5) The epiphyseal plate is joined to the diaphysis by columns of cancellous bone; this region is known as the metaphysis.
