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Descriptor English: Osteocytes
Descriptor Spanish: Osteocitos
Descriptor osteocitos
Scope note: Osteoblastos maduros que han quedado inmersos en la MATRIZ ÓSEA. Ocupan una cavidad pequeña, llamada laguna, en la matriz y están conectados con los osteocitos adyacentes mediante proyecciones protoplasmáticas que se emiten a través de unos canalículos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Osteócitos
Descriptor French: Ostéocytes
Entry term(s): Osteocyte
Tree number(s): A11.329.629.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010011
Scope note: Mature osteoblasts that have become embedded in the BONE MATRIX. They occupy a small cavity, called lacuna, in the matrix and are connected to adjacent osteocytes via protoplasmic projections called canaliculi.
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65
DeCS ID: 10190
Unique ID: D010011
NLM Classification: WE 200
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Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03
Osteocytes - Preferred
Concept UI M0015530
Scope note Mature osteoblasts that have become embedded in the BONE MATRIX. They occupy a small cavity, called lacuna, in the matrix and are connected to adjacent osteocytes via protoplasmic projections called canaliculi.
Preferred term Osteocytes
Entry term(s) Osteocyte



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