canaliculus

can·a·lic·u·lus   (kān'ə-lĭk'yə-ləs)    n.   pl. can·a·lic·u·li (-lī') A small canal or duct in the body, such as the minute channels in compact bone. [Latin canāliculus, diminutive of canālis, conduit; see canal.] can'a·lic'u·lar (-lər) adj.

Main Entry: can·a·lic·u·lus
Pronunciation: -y&-l&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural can·a·lic·u·li /-"lI, -"lE/
: a minute canal in a bodily structure: as a : one of the hairlike channels ramifying a haversiansystem in bone and linking the lacunae with one another and with the haversian canal b : one of the narrow spaces between cells in the anastomosing cords of cells that make up a liverlobule

canaliculus can·a·lic·u·lus (kān'ə-lĭk'yə-ləs)
n. pl. can·a·lic·u·li (-lī')
A small canal or duct in the body, as one of the minute channels in compact bone.