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Descriptor
English
:
Bone and Bones
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Huesos
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Osso e Ossos
Synonyms
English
:
Apophyses, Bony
Apophysis, Bony
Bone
Bone Tissue
Bone Tissues
Bones
Bones and Bone
Bones and Bone Tissue
Bony Apophyses
Bony Apophysis
Condyle
Condyles
Tissue, Bone
Tissues, Bone
Tree Number:
A02.835.232
A10.165.265
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
/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;
Consider also terms at
English
:
OSSI- and OSTE-
Entry Combination - descr/qualif
English
:
Bone and Bones
/
growth & development
use
Bone Development
Bone and Bones
/
transplantation
use
Bone Transplantation
See Related
English
:
Arthrodesis
Calcification, Physiologic
Osteogenesis
Osteotomy
History Note
English
:
/transplantation was BONE TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65; was BONE AND BONES/transplantation 1966-89
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AB
abnormalities
AH
anatomy & histology
BS
blood supply
CH
chemistry
CY
cytology
DG
diagnostic imaging
DE
drug effects
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
IM
immunology
IN
injuries
IR
innervation
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PH
physiology
PP
physiopathology
RE
radiation effects
SU
surgery
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
1867
Unique Identifier:
D001842
Occurrence in VHL
:
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