Descriptor : Building of carcass canals (IW)

Descriptor type : categorical

Canal: Pore modified by skeletal structure thikening or by lintels streching. Canal length is greater than perforation diameter.

Lintel: Skeletal structure separating and bounding adjacent pores.

Carcass: Part of wall on intervallum side.

IW: Inner wall.

Branching

Branching canal: Canal completely divided along the length into two subsidiary canals.

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Branching

Non-branching

Non-branching canal: Canal not completely divided.

Hierarchy

Constitution of carcass canal system (IW)
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