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osteon Histology.|ˈɒstiːɒn|
Also osteone.
[a. G. osteon (W. Biedermann 1914, in H. Winterstein Handb. d. vergleich. Physiol. III. 1. 1150), f. Gr. ὀστέον bone.]
= Haversian system.
1928Moore & Key tr. Leriche & Policard's Normal & Path. Physiol. Bone i. 24 Recently, several histologists have tried to make the Haversian systems the structural units of bone, and have given them the name of osteons. This neologism is useless. 1958Jrnl. Bone & Joint Surg. XL. A. 419 Haversian systems or osteons course primarily longitudinally in the long bones. 1968Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Stud. I. xvi. 12/1 The osteones branch and interweave one with another. 1971Nature 30 July 335/1 The osteons were orientated along the length of the femur, and tangentially to the surface of the frontal bone of the skull. |