Bone Tissue:

Terms Related to Bone Tissue

• Osteoblasts

  Bone-forming cells which secrete an EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX. HYDROXYAPATITE crystals are then deposited into the matrix to form bone.

• Carpal Bone

  The eight bones of the wrist: capitate bone, hamate bone, lunate bone (SEMILUNAR BONE), pisiform bone, SCAPHOID BONE, trapezium bone, trapezoid bone and triquetral bone.

• Osteocyte

  Mature osteoblasts that have become embedded in the BONE MATRIX. They occupy a small cavity, called lacuna, in the matrix and are connected to adjacent ...

• Bone Growth

  The growth and development of bones from fetus to adult. It includes two principal mechanisms of bone growth: growth in length of long bones at ...

• Type I Procollagen

  The most common form of fibrillar collagen. It is a major constituent of bone (BONE AND BONES) and SKIN and consists of a heterotrimer of ...