osteon

osteon /os·te·on/ (os´te-on) [Gr.] the basic unit of structure of compact bone, comprising a haversian canal and its concentrically arranged lamellae.

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os·te·on (st-n) or os·te·one (-n)

n.

A central canal and the concentric osseous lamellae encircling it, occurring in compact bone. Also called haversian system.

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osteon (os´tēon),

n the three-dimensional reconstruction of concentric lamellae arranged circumferentially about the course of a central blood vessel.

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osteon

the basic unit of structure of compact bone, comprising a haversian canal and its concentrically arranged lamellae. Called also haversian system.