Haversian canal

American  

[huh-vur-zhuhn] / həˈvɜr ʒən /

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.

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Haversian canal British  

/ hæˈvɜːʃən /

noun

1. histology any of the channels that form a network in bone and contain blood vessels and nerves

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Etymology

Origin of Haversian canal

1835–45; named after Clopton Havers (died 1702), English anatomist; -ian

Example Sentences

They pass out from the Haversian canals at right angles, going to all portions of the compact substance except a thin layer at the surface.

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It consists of two layers, an outer fibrous and an inner cellular layer; the cells, which are called osteoblasts, are continuous with those lining the Haversian canals and the medullary cavity.

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A piece of bone undergoing rarefactive ostitis is redder than normal, and the openings of the Haversian canals are distinctly increased in size.

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These openings are sections of canals called Haversian canals, after Havers, an English physician, who first discovered them.

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The lacunæ are arranged in circles around larger tubes, termed from their discoverer, Haversian canals, which serve as passages for the blood vessels that nourish the bone.

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