- cartilage lacuna
- any of the small cavities within the cartilage matrix, containing a chondrocyte, or cartilage cell.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
cartilage lacuna
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Lacuna — Generally, a lacuna is a gap. The term may refer to: * Lacuna (manuscripts), a missing section of text * Lacuna (music), an extended silence in a piece of music * Lacuna (linguistics), a lexical gap in a language * Lacuna (law) is the lack of law … Wikipedia
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cartilage capsule — a basophilic zone of cartilage matrix bordering on a lacuna and its enclosed cartilage cell … Medical dictionary
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space — Any demarcated portion of the body, either an area of the surface, a segment of the tissues, or a cavity. SEE ALSO: area, region, zone. SYN: spatium [TA]. [L. spatium, room, s.] alveolar dead s … Medical dictionary
chondrocyte — A nondividing cartilage cell; occupies a lacuna within the cartilage matrix. SYN: cartilage cell. [chondro + G. kytos, a hollow (cell)] isogenous chondrocytes a clone of cartilage cells derived from one … Medical dictionary
bone — /bohn/, n., v., boned, boning, adv. n. 1. Anat., Zool. a. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. b. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen rich organic… … Universalium
Bône — /bohn/, n. former name of Annaba. * * * I Rigid connective tissue of vertebrates, consisting of cells embedded in a hard matrix. Bones serve as the body s supporting framework, provide muscle attachment points for movement, protect the internal… … Universalium
