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  2. Bone canaliculus - Wikipedia

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    Bone canaliculus. Diagram of cross-section of bone osteons showing osteocytes and interconnecting canaliculi. Bone canaliculi are microscopic canals between the lacunae of ossified bone. The radiating processes of the osteocytes (called filopodia) project into these canals. These cytoplasmic processes are joined together by gap junctions.

  3. Nakilat - Wikipedia

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    Nakilat.com. Qatar Gas Transport Company Limited, commonly known as Nakilat (Arabic: شركة قطر لنقل الغاز المحدودة, ناقلات) is a Qatari shipping and maritime company. Its LNG shipping fleet is one of the largest in the world, comprising 74 vessels. The company also jointly owns one Floating Storage Regasification ...

  4. Haversian canal - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of a typical long bone showing both cortical (compact) and cancellous (spongy) bone. Haversian canals[i] (sometimes canals of Havers, osteonic canals or central canals) are a series of microscopic tubes in the outermost region of bone called cortical bone. They allow blood vessels and nerves to travel through them to supply the osteocytes.

  5. Portal venous system - Wikipedia

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    The human hepatic portal system delivers about three-fourths of the blood going to the liver.The final common pathway for transport of venous blood from spleen, pancreas, gallbladder and the abdominal portion of the gastrointestinal tract [2] (with the exception of the inferior part of the anal canal and sigmoid colon) is through the hepatic portal vein.

  6. Anatomical terminology - Wikipedia

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    Anatomical terminology is a form of scientific terminology used by anatomists, zoologists, and health professionals such as doctors, physicians, and pharmacists. Anatomical terminology uses many unique terms, suffixes, and prefixes deriving from Ancient Greek and Latin. These terms can be confusing to those unfamiliar with them but can be more ...

  7. Vertebral artery - Wikipedia

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    The vertebral arteries are major arteries of the neck. Typically, the vertebral arteries originate from the subclavian arteries. Each vessel courses superiorly along each side of the neck, merging within the skull to form the single, midline basilar artery. As the supplying component of the vertebrobasilar vascular system, the vertebral ...

  8. Blood vessel - Wikipedia

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    Blood vessels are the tubular structures of a circulatory system that transport blood throughout a vertebrate 's body. [ 1 ] Blood vessels transport blood cells, nutrients, and oxygen to most of the tissues of a body. They also take waste and carbon dioxide away from the tissues. [ 2 ]

  9. Patellar network - Wikipedia

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    The patellar network (circulatory anastomosis around the knee-joint, patellar anastomosis, genicular anastomosis, articular vascular network of knee[1] or rete articulare genus[2]) is an intricate network of blood vessels around and above the patella, and on the contiguous ends of the femur and tibia, forming a superficial and a deep plexus.