A specialized CONNECTIVE TISSUE that is the main constituent of the SKELETON. The principal cellular component of bone is comprised of OSTEOBLASTS; OSTEOCYTES; and OSTEOCLASTS, while FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS and hydroxyapatite crystals form the BONE MATRIX.
Synonyms: Bones and Bone, Bone and Bones, Bones and Bone Tissue, Bone Tissue, Apophysis, Bony, Tissues, Bone, Apophyses, Bony, Condyles, Tissue, Bone, Bony Apophysis, Condyle, Bones, Bony Apophyses, Bone, Bone Tissues
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/cytol: consider also OSTEOBLASTS; OSTEOCLASTS; OSTEOCYTES; /embryol: consider also OSTEOGENESIS; /surg: consider also OSTEOTOMY or ARTHRODESIS or FRACTURE FIXATION & its specifics; differentiate from SKELETON which is almost never used: restrict SKELETON to bone arrangement as a whole & not for "skeletal" which usually means "bone" (= BONE AND BONES); inflammation = OSTEITIS; necrosis = OSTEONECROSIS; ,/transplantation was BONE TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65; was BONE AND BONES/transplantation 1966-89 ,use BONE TRANSPLANTATION to search BONE AND BONES/transplantation 1966-89
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