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Bone cell
Bone cells include osteoblasts, which are responsible for bone formation, and osteoclasts, which are responsible for bone resorption. A nucleated cell occupying a separate lacuna of bone.
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Bone biopsy
Bone sample harvested from an area of interest for analysis.
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Bone augmentation
Placement of an autogenous graft and/or a bone replacement graft, or any procedure that corrects a hard tissue deficiency.
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Bone atrophy
A decrease in bone mass exhibited as resorption that is represented internally by a decrease in density.
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Bone‐anchored hearing aid (BAHA)
Electronic device affixed to the temporal bone in the periauricular area with skin‐penetrating implant abutments for the amplification of sound in hearing‐impaired patients.
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Woven b (syn)
Nonlamellar bone, Primary bone, Primitive bone, Reactive bone. Immature bone encountered where bone is actively healing or being regenerated.
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Lamellar b
Mature bone, organized in layers (lamellae) that may be concentrically arranged (compact bone) or parallel (cancellous bone).
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Cortical b (syn)
Compact bone. The noncancellous hard and dense portion of bone consisting largely of concentric lamellar osteons and interstitial lamellae.
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Compact b
Bone substance that is dense and hard.
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Cancellous b (syn)
Medullary bone, Spongy bone, Trabecular bone. Bone in which the trabeculae form a three‐dimensional latticework with the interstices filled with bone marrow.
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