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haversian canal
small canal in bone that conducts blood and other substances
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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Haversian canal The central opening of compact bone; contains nerves and blood vessels. PICTURE
heart The multicellular, chambered, muscular structure that pumps blood through the circulatory system by alternately contracting and relaxing. PICTURE ...
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Haversian canal
One of many channels formed within bone by the development of osteoblasts in concentric rings around them, and whose function is to facilitate linking of the living parts.
Covered in Lab 13 Animal Diversity III ...
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Haplotype Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium Harlequin chromosomes Haversian canal HDL (high-density lipoprotein) Hearing, ...
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[Clopton Havers, British physician and anatomist, 1650-1702] The basic structural arrangement of compact bone consisting of: a Haversian canal which contains nerves and blood supply, ...
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lamella One of the two plates forming a gill in a bivalve mollusc. One of the thin layers of bone laid concentrically around an osteon (Haversian canal). Any thin, platelike structure.
lamp shells Invertebrates that have ...
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