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.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001842
altLabel
Bones
Tissue, Bone
Bones and Bone
Bone
Bone Tissues
Bony Apophyses
Apophysis, Bony
Bone Tissue
Tissues, Bone
Bony Apophysis
Condyle
Bones and Bone Tissue
Apophyses, Bony
Condyles
AN
/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;
AQL
AB AH BS CH CY DE DG EM EN IM IN IR ME MI PA PH PP PS RE SU UL VI
cui
C0391978
C0524414
C0262950
C0005931
CX
consider also terms at OSSI- and OSTE-
DC
1
definition
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.
DX
19600101
EC
transplantation:Bone Transplantation
growth & development:Bone Development
FX
D010012
D010027
D002113
D001174
HN
/transplantation was BONE TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65; was BONE AND BONES/transplantation 1966-89
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