canaliculi

Examples of canaliculi in the following topics:

• Patella (The Knee)

  • The lower posterior region of the patella has vascular canaliculi, small channels within the bone, which form the infrapatellar fat pad.

• Cell Types in Bones

  • They are able to communicate with each other and receive nutrients via long cytoplasmic processes that extend through canaliculi (singular = canaliculus), channels within the bone matrix.

• Supply of Blood and Nerves to Bone

  • The Haversian canals also surround nerve cells throughout the bone and communicate with osteocytes in lacunae (spaces within the dense bone matrix that contain the living bone cells) through canaliculi.

• Embryonic and Fetal Bone Formation

  • This becomes the canaliculi of osteons.

• Connective Tissues: Bone, Adipose, and Blood

  • Between the lacunae are microchannels called canaliculi; they connect the lacunae to aid diffusion between the cells .
  • Canaliculi are microchannels connecting the lacunae together.

• Associated Organs

  • The bile produced in the liver is collected in bile canaliculi, which merge from bile ducts.

• Bone

  • Osteons are cylindrical structures that contain a mineral matrix and living osteocytes connected by canaliculi which transport blood.