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  2. Osteon - Wikipedia

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    In osteology, the osteon or haversian system (/ h ə ˈ v ɜːr. ʒ ən /; named for Clopton Havers) is the fundamental functional unit of much compact bone. Osteons are roughly cylindrical structures that are typically between 0.25 mm and 0.35 mm in diameter . [ 1 ]

  3. Bone - Wikipedia

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    Bone tissue is made up of different types of bone cells. Osteoblasts and osteocytes are involved in the formation and mineralisation of bone; osteoclasts are involved in the resorption of bone tissue. Modified (flattened) osteoblasts become the lining cells that form a protective layer on the bone surface.

  4. Osteoblast - Wikipedia

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    Individual cells cannot make bone. A group of organized osteoblasts together with the bone made by a unit of cells is usually called the osteon. Osteoblasts are specialized, terminally differentiated products of mesenchymal stem cells. [1]

  5. Osteology - Wikipedia

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    A human skeleton (endoskeleton). Osteology (from Greek ὀστέον (ostéon) 'bones' and λόγος (logos) 'study') is the scientific study of bones, practised by osteologists.

  6. Bone canaliculus - Wikipedia

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    Materials picked up by osteocytes adjacent to blood vessels are distributed throughout the bone matrix via the canaliculi. Diameter of canaliculi in human bone is approximately 200 to 900 nm. [ 1 ] In bovine tibia diameter of canaliculi was found to vary from 155 to 844 nm (average 426 nm). [ 2 ]

  7. List of bones of the human skeleton - Wikipedia

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    Ulna (2) (Lined up with pinky) Radius (2) (Lined up with thumb) Hand (54 bones in total; 27 in each hand) Carpals. Scaphoid bone (2) Lunate bone (2) Triquetral bone (2) Pisiform bone (2) Trapezium (2) Trapezoid bone (2) Capitate bone (2) Hamate bone (2) Metacarpals (10 bones in total; 5 on each side) Phalanges of the hand (28 bones in total, 14 ...

  8. Osteocyte - Wikipedia

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    An osteocyte, an oblate shaped type of bone cell with dendritic processes, is the most commonly found cell in mature bone. It can live as long as the organism itself. [1] The adult human body has about 42 billion of them. [2]

  9. Osteoid - Wikipedia

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    Osteoid makes up about fifty percent of bone volume and forty percent of bone weight. It is composed of fibers and ground substance. The predominant type of fiber is type I collagen and comprises ninety percent of the osteoid. The ground substance is mostly made up of chondroitin sulfate and osteocalcin.