Lacunae

lacunae Channels making up the lacunar system in Acanthocephala. Also, in developing wings of insects, canals that contain nerves, tracheae, and hemolymph.
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lacunae
One of many small cavities uniformly spaced along the lamellae of bones. In living bone, each lacuna contains one bone cell known as an osteocyte.
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Lacunae spaces in which osteocytes or chondrocytes are found
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(plural: lacunae) [L. lacuna - ditch, pit]. A small space. More specifically: 1) The cavity enveloping and occupied by chondrocytes and osteocytes; 2) The spaces which develop in the placenta and which will later fuse to form the intervillous lake.
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Osteoclasts are large, multinucleated cells located on bone surfaces in what are called Howship's lacunae. These lacunae, or resorption pits, are left behind after the breakdown of bone and often present as scalloped surfaces.
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Dense bone has osteocytes (bone cells) located in lacunae connected by canaliculi. Lacunae are commonly referred to as Haversian canals. Spongy bone occurs at the ends of bones and has bony bars and plates separated by irregular spaces.
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One of many structural units of vertebrate bone, consisting of concentric layers of mineralized bone matrix surrounding lacunae, which contain osteocytes, and a central canal, which contains blood vessels and nerves.
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If osteoblasts can be described as bone forming cells, osteoclasts role is the reverse: its destruction. These are large, multinucleated cells located on bone surface in Howship's lacunae.
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