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[[Image:Haversian system.jpg|right|thumb|100px|<small><center>Haversian system (Courtesy of RVC Histology images)</center></small>]]
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*'''Haversian canals'''
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**Run longitudinally through the bone
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**Carry anastamosing and branching blood vessels, connecting with bone marrow cavity and periosteum
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**Surrounded by concentric bony '''lamellae'''
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***Rows of interconnected lacunae within, contain '''osteocytes''' (communicate by channels in young bones)
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*'''Haversion canals + lamellae + osteocytes = Haversion system'''
      
[[Category:Musculoskeletal System - Anatomy & Physiology]]
 
[[Category:Musculoskeletal System - Anatomy & Physiology]]
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