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Osteon

In osteology, the osteon or haversian system (/həˈvɜːr.ʒən/; named for Clopton Havers) is the fundamental functional unit of much compact bone. Osteons are roughly cylindrical structures that are typically between 0.25 mm and 0.35 mm in diameter. Their length is often hard to define, but estimates vary from several millimeters to around 1 centimeter.…

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Osteon
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D006253

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Osteon

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples45
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
Components1

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related to Bibliography · 18
Osteon → An Electron Microscopic Study, Bone, Chiba-Geiger Corporation ISBN, Cooper, Frank, James, Joint Surgery, Journal, Milgram, Morphology, Musculature, Netter, New Jersey, PMID, Reginald, Robert, Robinson, Summit
related to Structure · 10
Osteon → Collagen, Each, Each Haversian, Haversian, Near, Osteocytes, Some, The, The Haversian, This
related to External links · 8
Osteon → Archived, BioWeb, SLIBS Bone Website, University, Video, Wayback MachineBone, Wisconsin SystemHistology, YouTube
has application · 4
Osteon → However, In, More, Osteons
related to Drifting osteons · 2
Osteon → An, Drifting
Latin · 1
Osteon → Osteon
MeSH · 1
Osteon → D006253
is a · 1
Osteon → cement line.Each Haversian canal is surrounded by varying number

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bone osteons haversian compact lamellae osteocytes canal system species osteoblasts drifting transverse tissue matrix via canals called vary several bones

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OsteonLatinOsteon1.00infobox
OsteonMeSHD0062531.00infobox
Osteonis acement line.Each Haversian canal is surrounded by varying number0.90text
Osteonhas applicationIn0.60section
Osteonhas applicationOsteons0.60section
Osteonhas applicationHowever0.60section
Osteonhas applicationMore0.60section
Osteonrelated to BibliographyCooper0.60section
Osteonrelated to BibliographyReginald0.60section
Osteonrelated to BibliographyMilgram0.60section
Osteonrelated to BibliographyJames0.60section
Osteonrelated to BibliographyRobinson0.60section

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