Haversian canal - meaning and definition. What is Haversian canal
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Haversian canal         
  • Diagram of a typical long bone showing both cortical (compact) and cancellous (spongy) bone.
A HARVESION CANAL ARE LACUNAE'S ARRANGED IN CONCENTRIC CIRCLES AROUND A CENTRAL CANAL .
Haversian Canals; Haversian; Haversian canals
Haversian canals (sometimes canals of Havers) are a series of microscopic tubes in the outermost region of bone called cortical bone. They allow blood vessels and nerves to travel through them to supply the osteocytes.
Haversian canal         
  • Diagram of a typical long bone showing both cortical (compact) and cancellous (spongy) bone.
A HARVESION CANAL ARE LACUNAE'S ARRANGED IN CONCENTRIC CIRCLES AROUND A CENTRAL CANAL .
Haversian Canals; Haversian; Haversian canals
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¦ noun Anatomy any of the minute tubes which form a network in bone and contain blood vessels.
Origin
C19: named after the 17th-cent. English anatomist Clopton Havers.
Haversian         
  • Diagram of a typical long bone showing both cortical (compact) and cancellous (spongy) bone.
A HARVESION CANAL ARE LACUNAE'S ARRANGED IN CONCENTRIC CIRCLES AROUND A CENTRAL CANAL .
Haversian Canals; Haversian; Haversian canals
·adj Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century.