NOUN
- any of the many tiny canals that contain blood vessels and connective tissue and that form a network in bone
How To Use Haversian canal In A Sentence
- Again, other lamellæ, found on the surface of the bone, are arranged parallel to its circumference; they are termed circumferential, or by some authors primary or fundamental lamellæ, to distinguish them from those laid down around the axes of the Haversian canals, which are then termed secondary or special lamellæ. II. Osteology. 2. Bone
- These openings are sections of canals called _Haversian canals_, after Havers, an English physician, who first discovered them. A Practical Physiology
- The black bodies are minute cavities called _lacunæ_, while the fine lines are very minute canals, _canaliculi_, which connect the lacunæ and the Haversian canals. A Practical Physiology
- B, cross section of a very thin slice of bone, magnified about 300 diameters -- little openings (Haversian canals) are seen, and around them are ranged rings of bones with little black bodies (lacunæ), from which branch out fine dark lines (canaliculi); A Practical Physiology
- Two kinds of small channels are found running through it in different directions, known as the Haversian canals and the canaliculi (Fig. 94). Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools
- In the thicker portions of the crusta petrosa, the lamellæ and Haversian canals peculiar to bone are also found. XI. Splanchnology. 2a. The Mouth
