Your analogy is just plain wrong, and contradicts any medical text out there that discusses nerves and location of nerves.And no offense... or be offended, I don't care but you are two guys on an internet forum. I am sure your knowledge is far superior to those who practice and teach in this field. When I say theoretical it is because it is still being studied which means nobody has all the answers, nothing is definitive which means it has no choice but to be theoretical. That does not mean they have no knowledge but it for sure does not make me wrong.
I will make it simple for the laymen. A car driving through the tunnel is not in or on the mountain just as the nerve passing through the bone is not in or on the bone. It is passing through a tunnel. When these nerves are disturbed they receive and send signals and the body responds. Be it for the body to repair the area around that nerve (The Bone) or to cause pain and so on. I don't think I can explain it down more than that.
Yes there is plenty that is theoretical about nerves. That doesn't mean that it is ALL theoretical. There is a lot that is already proved and documented. Bones having nerves in them is something that is prcved and long-documented.
There is plenty that is theoretical about space travel. Do you think that makes it ALL theoretical? There is plenty that is theoretical about brain function. Do you think that makes it ALL theoretical? If you do, you're wrong. Plain and simple. Proof and facts are plentiful.
It's obvious that you're trying to spin it to say that the nerve is not part of the bone because it is only IN the bone, but that's a false logic. That's like saying the periosteum is not part of the bone because it only SURROUNDS the bone, or marrow is not part of the bone, it's just INSIDE the bone. That's as false a logic as saying the eyes are not part of the head, they just sit inside the head, or capillaries are not part of the skin, they just pass THROUGH it.
It's an attempt to prove your claim, but it fails by even the oldest medical references.
I guess Cs and Ds DO get degrees, huh?
