part of start stage end stage vertebra anatomical system bone tissue lacunocanalicular system Ceri ZFA:0005734 A system of osteocytes connected through canals within the vertebra. Osteocytes extend processes through canals within ossified bone. The lacunocanalicular system is poorly developed in zebrafish with most osteocytes having one or two cytoplasmic processes. zebrafish_anatomy 2013-07-08T11:48:50Z unknown adult