Canaliculus (disambiguation)
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A canaliculus is an anatomical term used to describe a small passageway.
Examples include:
Examples include:
- Canaliculus (bone)Canaliculus (bone)Canaliculi are microscopic canals between the various lacunae of ossified bone. The radiating processes of the osteocytes project into these canals. These cytoplasmic processes are joined together by gap junctions. Osteocytes do not entirely fill up the canaliculi. The remaining space is known...
, a small channel found in ossified bone - Canaliculus (parietal cell), an adaptation found on gastric parietal cells
- The lacrimal canaliculiLacrimal canaliculiThe lacrimal canaliculi, also known as the lacrimal canals or lacrimal ducts, are the small channels in each eyelid that commence at minute orifices, termed puncta lacrimalia, on the summits of the papillae lacrimales, seen on the margins of the lids at the lateral extremity of the lacus...
, several small ducts in the eye - The dental canaliculiDental canaliculiThe dental canaliculi are the blood supply of a tooth. The number and size of the canaliculi decrease as the tubules move away from the pulp and toward the enamel or cementum....
, the blood supply within a tooth