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bone lacuna

a small cavity within the bone matrix containing an osteocyte and from which slender canaliculi radiate and penetrate the adjacent lamellae to anastomose with the canaliculi of neighboring lacunae, thus forming a system of cavities interconnected by minute canals. Called also osseous l.

Bone lacunae in the shaft of a long bone. (A), Cross section showing an osteon. (B), Diagram of a longitudinal section.

Medical dictionary. 2011.