- haversian lamella
- one of the concentric bony plates surrounding a haversian canal.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
haversian lamella
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haversian — Relating to Clopton Havers and the various osseous structures described by him. * * * ha·ver·sian (ha vurґzhən) named for Clopton Havers, English physician and anatomist, 1650–1702, as haversian lamella and haversian system … Medical dictionary
lamella — [lə mel′ə] n. pl. lamellae [lə mel′ē] or lamellas [L, dim. of lamina: see LAMINA] a thin, platelike part, layer, organ, or structure; specif., a) one of the layers of bone around a Haversian canal b) one of the two plates forming a gill in… … English World dictionary
Lamella — A thin leaf, plate, disk, wafer. * * * 1. [TA] A thin sheet or layer (such as occurs in compact bone) or sublayer. 2. A preparation in the form of a medicated gelatin disk, used as a means of making local applications to the conjunctiva in place… … Medical dictionary
lamella — n.; pl. lamellae 1) a thin layer, membrane, scale, or plate like tissue or part. In bone tissue, lamellae are thin bands of calcified matrix arranged concentrically around a Haversian canal. 2) a thin gelatinous medicated disc used to apply drugs … The new mediacal dictionary
concentric lamella — haversian l … Medical dictionary
interstitial lamella — one of the bony plates that fill in between the haversian systems; called also ground l. or intermediate l … Medical dictionary
Havers — Clopton, British anatomist, 1650–1702. See haversian canals, under canal, haversian lamella, haversian spaces, under space, haversian system … Medical dictionary
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system — 1. [TA] A consistent and complex whole made up of correlated and semiindependent parts. A complex of functionally related anatomic structures. 2. The entire organism seen as a complex organization of parts. 3. Any complex of structures… … Medical dictionary
