The _____ represent the cracks in bone tissue that directly supply nutrients to the osteocytes.

canaliculi

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lamellae

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osteon

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Haversian canal

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Solution

The correct option is A canaliculi
A young bone cell originally has several processes that eventually become surrounded by solid bone matrix; in older osteons, these processes leave impressions or cracks in the osteons calledcanaliculi or little canals.

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