ha·ver·si·an ca·nals

vascular canals that run longitudinally in the center of haversian systems of compact osseous tissue.

Synonym(s): Leeuwenhoek canals

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ha·ver·si·an ca·nals

(ha-vĕrzē-ăn kă-nalz')

Vascular canals that run longitudinally in the center of haversian systems of compact osseous tissue.

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Havers,

Clopton, English anatomist, 1650-1702.

Havers glands - collections of adipose tissue in the hip, knee, and other joints, covered by synovial membrane. Synonym(s): synovial glands

haversian canals - vascular canals that run longitudinally in the center of haversian systems of compact osseous tissue. Synonym(s): Leeuwenhoek canals

haversian lamella - one of the concentric tubular layers of bone surrounding the central canal in an osteon. Synonym(s): concentric lamella

haversian spaces - spaces in bone formed by the enlargement of haversian canals.

haversian system - a central canal containing capillaries and the concentric osseous lamellae around it occurring in compact bone. Synonym(s): osteon

Leeuwenhoek,

Anton van, Dutch microscopist, 1632-1723.

Leeuwenhoek canals - Synonym(s): haversian canals

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By the cross-sectional diameter of large osteons, wall thickness, and cross-sectional diameter of large Haversian canals located in perimedullary zones of the long bones studied, they exceed the same indices in subperiosteal zone.

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Kustav Nag from Kolkata has put together a maze of white friendship bands stapled together -- the creation looks like a macroscopic version of Haversian canals in a human bone.

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They speculated that the region of lower Pb concentration has lower blood flow in the Haversian canals and, consequently, less Pb available for uptake into bone matrix during bone remodeling (Todd et al.

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Natural cavities such as lacunae, canaliculi and haversian canals can also possibly initiate cracks when bone is subjected to high strain rates (2).

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