Definition of Osteocyte. Meaning of Osteocyte. Synonyms of Osteocyte

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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...
- Bone tissue is made up of different types of bone cells. Osteoblasts and osteocytes are involved in the formation and mineralisation of bone; osteoclasts...
- inactive osteoblasts. Osteocytes remain alive and are connected by cell processes to a surface layer of osteoblasts. Osteocytes have important functions...
- In histology, a lacuna is a small space, containing an osteocyte in bone, or chondrocyte in cartilage. The lacunae are situated between the lamellae,...
- osteoclasts, and is deposited by osteoblasts in a process called ossification. Osteocyte activity plays a key role in this process. Conditions that result in a...
- of the osteocytes (called filopodia) project into these canals. These cytoplasmic processes are joined together by gap junctions. Osteocytes do not entirely...
- W.; Cleland, T.P.; Bern, M. (2013). "Molecular analyses of dinosaur osteocytes support the presence of endogenous molecules". Bone. 52 (1). Amsterdam:...
- morphogenetic protein (BMP) antagonists. Sclerostin is produced primarily by the osteocyte but is also expressed in other tissues, and has anti-anabolic effects...
- clear"), a gap (in the law) Lacuna (histology), a small space containing an osteocyte in bone, or chondrocyte in cartilage Muscular lacuna, a lateral compartment...
- lightweight. Most cells in bones are either osteoblasts, osteoclasts, or osteocytes. Bone tissue is a type of dense connective tissue. One of the types of...