"Whither flows the fluid in bone?" An osteocyte's perspective

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1409-1424

  Knothe Tate, Melissa L ^a,b,c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Bone cells; Canaliculus; Fluid flow; Interstitial fluid; Lacuna; LCS; Mechanotransduction; Osteocyte; Shear stress; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BODY FLUIDS; CELLS; CHANNEL FLOW; OSMOSIS; PORE SIZE; TISSUE;

ENDOGENOUS MECHANISMS;

BONE;

BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; BONE; BONE MATRIX; BONE STRUCTURE; CANCELLOUS BONE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLUID FLOW; HUMAN; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCYTE; PERIOSTEUM; PRESSURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETON; SYNCYTIUM; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0141630244     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(03)00123-4     Document Type: Article

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