The long bones receive blood supply from four main types of arteries: (1) the nutrient artery enters through the nutrient foramen and divides within the medullary cavity to supply the inner cortex and metaphysis, (2) periosteal arteries enter beneath the periosteum to supply the outer 1/3 of the cortex, (3) epiphyseal arteries supply the epiphysis, and (4) metaphysial arteries derived from neighboring vessels supply the metaphysis.