canaliculi

(noun)

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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.

  • 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.

  • Associated Organs

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