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Osteocytes

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Osteocytes
Bone cells that maintain bone tissue.
Mentioned in: Bone Grafting
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Its cells include osteocytes, which are embedded within lacunae, and the free-roaming osteoblasts and osteoclasts.
Learning About Arthritis and Those Awful Painful Joints by Steven A Johnson / Health care industry community
Osteocytes are the bone cells that are found in compact bone.
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En bloc histologic examination of the 3 x 5 x 4-cm excised specimen showed the distinct histomorphology of an APOF, including spherical ossicles that contained osteocytes (figure 2).
An aggressive psammomatoid ossifying fibroma of the sinonasal tract: ... by Khademi, Bijan; Niknejad, Nika; Mahmoudi, Jalal / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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