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Coarse-Fibered or Primary BoneFine-Fibered or Lamellar BoneGeneral Structure of Lamellar BoneThe CompactaThe CanalsHaversian SystemsBone CellsThe Fibrillar Structure of the Haversian LamellaeThe Ground LamellaeThe Interstitial LamellaeThe Cement LinesSharpey FibersElastic FibersThe SpongiosaOriginStructureThe Relation of Function to the Structure of Bone: Wolff's LawThe Origin of the Conception of Wolff's LawThe LawObjections to the LawThe microscopic anatomy of bone has been carefully studied by the older anatomists and histologists. All the controversial points have not been settled, and many questions still remain open. However, judging from the limited knowledge of bone structure that is prevalent now, except among those especially interested in the subject, one would think that this work had not been done. Perhaps there is a correlation between the dearth of recognized pathologic exposition of bone conditions and the lack of