{"id":3262,"date":"2017-11-17T15:29:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T17:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en-mol.icb.usp.br\/?page_id=3262"},"modified":"2026-05-05T17:50:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:50:54","slug":"7-14-bone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/7-14-bone\/","title":{"rendered":"7-14 Bone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-row\">\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-1\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> <strong>HAVERSIAN SYSTEMS OR OSTEONS &#8211; 1<\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\nThe Haversian Systems is found in the <strong>compact bone<\/strong>, a dense tissue that forms the hard outer covering of bones.<br \/>\nThe structure of the mature spongy bone, on the other hand, is very different. It does not have Haversian Systems. The sp\u00f3ngy bone is formed by trabeculae made of parallel bone lamellae.<br \/>\n<strong>Haversian systems<\/strong> measure around 0.2\u20130.4 mm in diameter and a few millimeters long.<br \/>\nIts osteocytes are placed between the concentric bone lamellae.<br \/>\nEach Haversian system has a central tunnel, called <strong>Haversian canal or osteonal canal<\/strong>. This tunnel is occupied by blood vessels and nerves. The presence of lymphatic vessels within the canals is still subject to discussion.<br \/>\nThe surface of the Haversian canal is lined with osteoblasts, as any other inner bone surface.<\/p>\n<p>Top image<br \/>\nSchematic drawing of a Haversian system formed by three round lamellae.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom image<br \/>\nNotice the arrangement of collagen fibers in parallel forming lamellae with osteocyes interposed between lamellae. Observe how the collagen fibers of change their direction from one lamella to the other. This type of arrangement provides the bones with great resistance toward mechanical forces and torsion.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-14-en.jpg \" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/7-15-bone\/\">NEXT PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/7-13-bone\/\">PREVIOUS PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/7-0-bone\/\">MENU OF THIS CHAPTER<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3262","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":62,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22295,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3262\/revisions\/22295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}