Skeletal tissue with a collagen-rich extracellular matrix vascularized, mineralized with hydroxyapatite and typically including osteocytes located in lacunae that communicate with one another by cell processes (in canaliculi). Bone is deposited by osteoblasts. [ PSPUB:0000170 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 VSAO:0000047 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051070 ]
Synonyms: calcium tissue osseous tissue osteogenic tissue
Term information
- NCIT:C13076
- MA:0002780
- galen:BoneTissue
- FMA:224804
- XAO:0004040
- ZFA:0005621
- EMAPA:35179
- CALOHA:TS-2011
- VSAO:0000047
- Wikipedia:Bone_tissue
- MESH:D001842
uberon_slim, pheno_slim