Practice mode Support and Movement

Channels that run at right angles to Haversian canals and connect them with each other and with the bone surface are ____.

Correct answer A. Volkmann's canals

Explanation

Volkmann's (perforating) canals run transversely, linking neighbouring Haversian canals and the periosteum so blood vessels can supply the whole bone.

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