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Lab 3
The Skull
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 4
08/28/2012

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Osteon (Haversian System)
Definition

Structural Unit of bone

 

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osteonic canal (Haversian or central canal)
Definition

Blood Vessel come up

 

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Perforating (Volkmann's) canals
Definition

Horizontal canals, not vertical

 

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Lamellae (Concentric)
Definition

circular plates of mineralized extracellular matrix of increasing diameter, surrounding a small network of blood vessels, lymphatics, and nerves located in the central canal

 

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Lamellae (Interstitial)
Definition

the lamellae between neighboring osteons, which also have lacunae with osteocytes and canaliculi

 

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osteocyte
Definition

cell that make bone

 

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lacunae
Definition

where osteocyte is located

 

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canaliculi
Definition

supply nutrients to osteocyte

 

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Frontal Bone
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Parietal bone
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