A bone plate comprising a bottom side that is to rest against the bone, an upper side, and a plurality of holes along the longitudinal axis of the plate through which bone screws can be inserted to be anchored to a bone. At least one hole is a continuous oblong hole comprising a longitudinal axis running in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the plate. Thread flights are provided in a partial area of the lateral side of the oblong hole that when in a direction transversal to the plane of the upper side, are arranged only over a part of the depth of the oblong hole. In the direction transversal to the plane of the upper side, a support structure with smooth walls for the positive fit with a correspondingly configured negative structure at a screw head or screw neck of a bone screw is provided.
