Patrick Macnee, who played John Steed in The Avengers, has died at the age of 93 at his home in California, according to a statement by his son. Avengers star Patrick Macnee has died of natural causes at his home in California at the age of 93. According to a statement by the actor's son, Rupert, he passed away with his family at his bedside at his home in Rancho Mirage earlier today.
Cross-section of a long bone showing both spongy and compact osseous tissue. Bone tissue, or osseous tissue, is the major structural and supportive connective tissue of the body. Bone tissue forms the rigid part of the bones that make up the skeleton.Bone tissue is different from bones themselves â bones are organs made up of bone tissue as well as marrow, blood vessels, epithelium and nerves, while bone tissue refers specifically to the mineral matrix that form the rigid sections of the organ.here are two types of bone tissue: cortical bone and cancellous bone. Cortical bone is synonymous with compact bone, and cancellous bone is synonymous with trabecular and spongy bone. Cortical bone forms the extremely hard exterior while cancellous bone fills the hollow interior.
the normal type of adult mammalian bone, whether cancellous or compact, composed of parallel lamellae in the former and concentric lamellae in the latter; lamellar organization reflects a repeating pattern of collagen fibroarchitecture.. describes conformation, substance, thickness and quality of bone structure in an animal, e.g. an animal with good bone. See also osseous. bone ash. analysis of the degree of mineralization of bone is done by an ash analysis in which the bone is heated at 600Â°C until there is no further weight loss.