Lacunae is the plural version of the word, lacuna. A lacuna is a small gap in bone or cartilage similar to a dent or depression. A lacuna can also be a gap in a story line where the reader is left up to their imagination when the plot shifts radically.
A lacuna is a gap or a missing part within a manuscript, text, or a piece of music. It can also refer to a small cavity or space within a tissue or structure in the body.
lacunae
Lacunae
In bone the cells that occupy the lacunae are osteocytes.
Canaliculi
osteocytes
The Haversian Canal is connected to the lacunae by a system of interconnecting canals called the canaliculi.
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bone lacuna
The tiny canals that connect the lacunae are the canaliculi, the larger canals are the Haversian canals.
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 sanguis
cytoplasmic extensions