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Small channels in compact bone that contain blood vessels are called?
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Haversian canals
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What are the tiny tunnels in the compact bones called?
Haversian canals .. Any of the tiny, interconnecting, longitudinal channels in bone tissue through which blood vessels, nerve fibers, and lymphatics pass.
What are canals that extend obliquely inward or horizontally from the bone surface and contain blood vessels and lymphatic vessels called?
Foramen
What do haversian canals contain?
They are part of the microscopic structure of compact bone. Compact bone is solid, dense, and smooth.The structural unit of compact bone is the Haversian system or Osteon. These are elongated cylinders cemented together to form the long axis of a bone.Components of Haversian system consists of osteocytes (spider-shaped bone cells that lie in "lacunae") that have laid down a matrix of collagen and calcium salts in concentric lamellae (layers) around a central Haversian canal containing blood vessels and nerves.Each system has communicating canals within compact bone with other systems.
How many chambers does a herdmania have in its heart?
None. The sea squirts have a unique tube shaped heart with vessels occasionally called channels, but no chambers.
What layers do not contain any blood vessels and one surface of the cells is open the the internal cavity of the organ this tissue is called?
Epithelium
What is the name of the piligrim compact?
I think the document itself is called a charter but it is actually called the mayflower compact
What are the smallest blood vessels called?
The smallest blood vessels are called capillaries.
Site of compact bone in adult?
Compact bone is the outer region of all the bones in your body.There are two basic parts of each of your bones:There is an outer hard layer of bone called either compact bone or cortical bone. this layer is much more dense.There is an inner layer of bone called either cancellous bone or trabecular bone. This is a softer bone and contains bone marrow and much more blood vessels than the cortical (compact) bone.
What is the container that holds face powder called?
The word is compact.
What is the function of haversian canals?
The Haversian canals carry blood vessels and nerves to and from the bone.
What is location of the bone?
Compact bone is the outer region of all the bones in your body.There are two basic parts of each of your bones:There is an outer hard layer of bone called either compact bone or cortical bone. this layer is much more dense.There is an inner layer of bone called either cancellous bone or trabecular bone. This is a softer bone and contains bone marrow and much more blood vessels than the cortical (compact) bone.
What vessels in the respiratory system are called the resistance vessels?
Bronchioles
