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* '''Howship's lacuna''' - (resorptive bay) the historic name for the shallow bay or cavity lying directly under an osteoclast. This is the site of bone matrix resorption. Named after John Howship (1781–1841) a British anatomist who identified this region in 1820. | * '''Howship's lacuna''' - (resorptive bay) the historic name for the shallow bay or cavity lying directly under an osteoclast. This is the site of bone matrix resorption. Named after John Howship (1781–1841) a British anatomist who identified this region in 1820. | ||
* '''interstitial lamellae''' - compact bone layers that fill in between each osteon. (see concentric and circumferential lamellae) | * '''interstitial lamellae''' - compact bone layers that fill in between each osteon, interstitial lamellae, and do appear part of any Haversian system. (see concentric and circumferential lamellae) | ||
* '''lacuna''' - (Latin, ''lacuna'' = “ditch, gap” diminutive form of ''lacus'' = “lake”) lacunae is the plural, cavity in bone or cartilage for cell. | * '''lacuna''' - (Latin, ''lacuna'' = “ditch, gap” diminutive form of ''lacus'' = “lake”) lacunae is the plural, cavity in bone or cartilage for cell. |
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