Which of the following statements about the nature of bone is true?
- Bone is active, growing tissue with an extensive blood supply.
- Bone is similar to cartilage, nearly inert, and with little blood supply.
- Bone is active and living when formed by osteoblast but dies after it hardens.
- Bone is nonliving calcium deposits and removing bone is a bloodless operation.
- he outer compact bone is nonliving calcium, but the bone marrow is active living tissue.