haversian canal in English
noun
1
any of the minute tubes that form a network in bone and contain blood vessels.
Vascular canals, called Volkmann's canals, traverse the long axis of the bone; they are always at right angles to Haversian canals .
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1. Shows: osteonic (haversian) canal, lamellae, Canaliculi, & lacunae (black spaces, contains osteocytes in living bone)
2. Canaliculus [‚kan·əl′ik·yə·ləs] (histology) One of the minute channels in bone radiating from a Haversian canal and connecting lacunae with each other and with the canal