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The perforating (Volkmann) canals, that run horizontally in compact bone and connect to the central canal.

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What canal is the horizontal canal in the osteon?

The perforating (Volkmann) canals, that run horizontally in compact bone and connect to the central canal.


What is osteon?

Osteon the functional unit of compact bone. An osteon is made up of the Haversian canal, osteocyte, and canliculi. Each osteon is made up of concentric layers.


What is the channel extending through a osteon?

Haversian canal & Central Canal


What are the central canal and its surrounding lamellae called?

An osteon.


What is the concentrated?

it is the tubular layer of bone surrounding the central canal of osteon


The canal that runs through the core of each osteon (Haversian system) contains?

Central (Haversian) Canal is the canal that runs through the core of each osteon.


What are the matrix rings of compact bone that surround the central canal of each osteon?

Lamellae is rings of matrix in compact bone


What don't belong osteon marrow cavity central canal canaliculi?

Marrow Cavity


Longitudinal canal carrying blood vessels and nerves?

The central, or Haversian, canal. The canal runs through the core of each osteon.


Are an osteon contains osteocytes lamellae and a central canal and is found in compact bone only?

true


What are the matrix rings of compact bone that surrounds the central canal of each osteon?

Concentric lamellae


What are the structures that comprise a Haverson canal system?

Compact bone consists of a repeating structure called a Haversian system, or osteon, which is the primary anatomical and functional unit. Each osteon has concentric layers which are deposited around a central canal, also known as the Haversian canal, each containing a blood and nerve supply.