Definition of Osteons. Meaning of Osteons. Synonyms of Osteons

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Lophosteons
Lophosteon Lo*phos"te*on, n.; pl. L. Lophostea, E. Lophosteons. [NL., from Gr. ? a crest + ? a bone.] (Anat.) The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.
Urosteons
Urosteon U*ros"te*on, n.; pl. L. Urostea, E. Urosteons. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the tail + ? a bone.] (Anat.) A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.

Meaning of Osteons from wikipedia

- osteology, the osteon or haversian system (/həˈvɜːr.ʒən/; named for Clopton Havers) is the fundamental functional unit of much compact bone. Osteons are roughly...
- from periosteum. They interconnect the Haversian canals (running inside osteons) with each other and the periosteum. They usually run at obtuse angles...
- The bone collar is eventually mineralized and lamellar bone is formed. Osteons are components or prin****l structures of compact bone. During the formation...
- Canaliculi in bone osteons Diagram of cross-section of bone osteons showing osteocytes and interconnecting canaliculi. Identifiers TH H2.00.03.7.00003...
- osteons together. The columns are metabolically active, and as bone is reabsorbed and created the nature and location of the cells within the osteon will...
- osteoblasts together with the bone made by a unit of cells is usually called the osteon. Osteoblasts are specialized, terminally differentiated products of mesenchymal...
- estimate the age of an adult skeleton is to look at bone osteons under a microscope. New osteons are constantly formed by bone marrow even after the bones...
- approach mimics mammalian cortical bone that features elliptical, hollow osteons suspended in an organic matrix, connected by relatively weak "cement lines"...
- thinner trabeculae of smaller animals such as cheetah and lemurs. The osteons play a role in the diffusion of nutrients and waste products of osteocytes...
- peripheral ossifying fibroma, osseous ost(e)-, oste(o)- bone Gr**** ὀστέον (ostéon), bone osteoporosis, osteoarthritis ot(o)- of or pertaining to the ear Gr****...