cytoplasmic extensions
lacunae
Lacunae
The Haversian Canal is connected to the lacunae by a system of interconnecting canals called the canaliculi.
Bone canaliculi are narrow canals containing cytoplasmic processes of osteocytes. They are located in the space between the lacunae of ossified bone.
The lacunae is the space that holds the cartilage in the bones of the human body. This allows us to move, walk, run, and jump without feeling pain of the bones hitting each other.
lacunae
The canaliculi are the tiny canals.
In bone the cells that occupy the lacunae are osteocytes.
When chondrocytes in lacunae divide and form new matrix, it leads to an expansion of the cartilage tissue from within. What is this process called?
Osteocytes
Mature bone cells within the matrix are called osteocytes.
osteocytes