osteocyte in English

noun
1
a bone cell, formed when an osteoblast becomes embedded in the matrix it has secreted.
Strain detection in the skeleton is thought to be effected by bone-lining cells and osteocytes embedded within the bone matrix.

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1. Coalignment of osteocyte Canaliculi and collagen fibers in human osteonal bone

2. Corpuscle A general term for any small, discrete, microscopic structure such as a red blood cell, a sensory nerve ending, an OSTEOCYTE or a GLOMERULUS of a kidney.

3. An osteocyte, a star-shaped type of bone cell, is the most commonly found cell in mature bone tissue, and can live as long as the organism itself.

4. The method for preparing a biphasic calcium phosphate bone graft substitute having collagen bound on the surface of the present invention, and the bone graft substitute prepared thereby control the absorption of a material while maintaining osteoconductivity and facilitate the proliferation of an osteocyte, thereby enhancing initial bone fixation and bioaffinity.