Term Name: | bone tissue |
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Synonyms: | bone, calcium tissue, mineralized bone tissue, osseous tissue, osteogenic tissue, portion of bone tissue |
Definition: | Skeletal tissue with a collagen-rich extracellular matrix vascularized, mineralized with hydroxyapatite and typically including osteocytes located in lacunae that communicate with one another by cell processes (in canaliculi). Bone is deposited by osteoblasts. |
Ontology: | Cell Ontology [UBERON:0002481] |