Bone tissue
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| Bone tissue | |
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| Term | Bone tissue |
| Short definition | bone tissue - Tissue that gives strength and structure to bones. Bones are made up of compact tissue (the hard, outer layer) and cancellous bone (the spongy, inner layer that contains red bone marrow). |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
bone tissue - Tissue that gives strength and structure to bones. Bones are made up of compact tissue (the hard, outer layer) and cancellous bone (the spongy, inner layer that contains red bone marrow). Bone tissue is maintained by bone-forming cells called osteoblasts and bone-breaking cells called osteoclasts. Bones also contain blood vessels, nerves, proteins, vitamins and minerals. Also called bone tissue
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- Medical encyclopedia article on Bone tissue
- Wikipedia's article - Bone tissue
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