Haversian Canal

A Haversian canal is a longitudinal channel at the center of an osteon, or structural unit of compact bone, that supports the tissue’s nutrition, maintenance, and sensory functions. It contains small blood vessels, nerves, and connective tissue, while concentric lamellae surround it and house osteocytes within lacunae connected by canaliculi. These pathways allow nutrients and oxygen to reach bone cells and help remove metabolic waste, with transverse Volkmann canals linking neighboring osteons and the bone surface. Understanding Haversian canals is essential for studying bone microanatomy, remodeling, fracture repair, and diseases that impair skeletal structure or blood supply.

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Nutrients present in particulate form can contribute significantly to the overall loads in agricultural drainage waters. This study describes a novel method to capture flow-weighted water and suspended particulates from farm canal drainage over the entire duration of the drainage event.

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This protocol describes how to correctly perform the video head impulse test with two separate test systems commonly used worldwide. Both the 2D and 3D video head impulse test methods are described.

The C. elegans Excretory Canal as a Model for Intracellular Lumen Morphogenesis and In Vivo Polarized Membrane Biogenesis in a Single Cell: labeling by GFP-fusions, RNAi Interaction Screen and Imaging

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2017

The C. elegans excretory canal is a unique single-cell model for the visual in vivo analysis of de novo polarized membrane biogenesis. This protocol describes a combination of standard genetic/RNAi and imaging approaches, adaptable for the identification and characterization of molecules directing unicellular tubulogenesis, and apical membrane and lumen biogenesis.

Posterior Semicircular Canal Approach for Inner Ear Gene Delivery in Neonatal Mouse

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2018

In this study, we describe the posterior semicircular canal approach as a reliable method for inner ear gene delivery in neonatal mice. We show that gene delivery through the posterior semicircular canal is able to perfuse the entire inner ear.

Canalostomy for Local Drug Delivery into the Inner Ear of an Adult Mouse

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2025

This video showcases canalostomy, a procedure that allows local drug delivery into the inner ear of a mouse through the semicircular canal with minimal damage to hearing and vestibular function. This method enables the inoculation of viral vectors, pharmaceuticals, and small molecules into the mouse's inner ear.

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