Quantifying the osteocyte network in the human skeleton

Bone

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 144-150

  Buenzli, Pascal R ^a   Sims, Natalie A ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lacuno canalicular network; Mathematical modelling; Osteocyte

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MASS; BONE MATRIX; BONE STRUCTURE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COMPONENT; CELL CONTACT; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURFACE; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HAVERSIAN CANAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATION; LACUNO CANALICULAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; OSTEOCYTE; OSTEOCYTE NETWORK; OSTEOLYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SKELETON; TRABECULAR BONE; ANIMAL; BONE; BONE REMODELING; CYTOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE REMODELING; HUMANS; MICE; OSTEOCYTES;

EID: 84924131551     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2015.02.016     Document Type: Article

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