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Line 1: [[Image:Illu compact spongy bone.jpg\|450px\|right]] '''Canaliculi''' are small, microscopic [[canals]] between the various [[lacunae]] of [[ossified]] bone. The radiating processes of the osteocytes project into these canals. These cytoplasmic processes are joined together by [[gap junction]]s. [[Osteocyte]]s do not entirely fill up the canaliculi. The remaining space is known as the [[periosteocytic space]], which is filled with periosteocytic fluid. This fluid contains substances too large to be transported by the gap junctions that connect the osteocytes, including [[calcium]] and [[phosphate]] ions. In [[cartilage]], the lacunae and hence, the [[chondrocytes]], are isolated from each other. Materials picked up by osteocytes adjacent to blood vessels, are distributed throughout the bone matrix via the '''canaliculi'''.

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