CONNECTIVE TISSUE GLAND
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
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osteons
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lacunae
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canaliculi
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osteoblasts
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Detailed explanation-1: -To wrap it all up, osteons are structural and functional units of compact bone. Every osteon is made up of a central canal (which contains nerves and blood vessels), perforating canals, lamellae (configurations of bone matrix), and osteocyte-containing lacunae (holes).
Detailed explanation-2: -osteon, the chief structural unit of compact (cortical) bone, consisting of concentric bone layers called lamellae, which surround a long hollow passageway, the Haversian canal (named for Clopton Havers, a 17th-century English physician).
Detailed explanation-3: -The osteon, often termed the primary structural unit of cortical bone, is a cylindrical structure in which a central canal containing blood vessels is surrounded by 20 to 30 concentric lamellae (Jee, 2001).