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Descriptor English:

Bone and Bones

Descriptor Spanish:

Huesos

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	huesos
Entry term(s)	apófisis cóndilo hueso proceso óseo tejido óseo
Scope note:	TEJIDO CONECTIVO especializado, principal constituyente del ESQUELETO. El componente celular principal del hueso está formado por OSTEOBLASTOS, OSTEOCITOS y OSTEOCLASTOS, mientras que la MATRIZ ÓSEA está formada por COLÁGENOS FIBRILARES y cristales de hidroxiapatita.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Osso e Ossos

Descriptor French:

Os et tissu osseux

Entry term(s):

Ensemble des os
Os
Squelette osseux
Tissu osseux

Tree number(s):

A02.835.232
A10.165.265

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001842

Scope note:

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.

Annotation:

/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;

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

Entry Combination:

growth & development:Bone Development
transplantation:Bone Transplantation