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HAVERSIAN CANALS

\hˈavəsˌi͡ən kənˈalz], \hˈavəsˌi‍ən kənˈalz], \h_ˈa_v_ə_s_ˌiə_n k_ə_n_ˈa_l_z]\

Definitions of HAVERSIAN CANALS

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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A circular structural unit of bone tissue. It consists of a central hole, the Haversian canal through which blood vessels run, surrounded by concentric rings, called lamellae.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The small canals in bone in which the blood-vessels lie.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

Canals, nutritive, of Bones.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Canals ramifying in the compact substance of bone and transmitting vessels and lymph to the interior.
Anastomosing canals in bony tissue.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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