YES
CONNECTIVE TISSUE COMPACT BONE
- CONNECTIVE TISSUE, because the cells are far apart (see 3 and 4).
- BONE, because the cells lie in lacunae (see 4; they are not directly embedded in the matrix)
and you can see the canaliculi (fine striations in the pink matrix)
linking lacunae to each other and to central canals (1).
- COMPACT, because the lacunae and the matrix are positioned in concentric
circles around central canals (1).
- central (Haversian) canal
- blood vessels in the Harversian canal
- lacunae
- osteocytes in the lacunae (the little black dots are their nuclei)
- osteon (3 of them are shown on this photomicrograph)
The matrix is stained in pink. The fine striations seen in the matrix are the canaliculi.