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osso
Also known as bones, bone organ, bone and bones
parte anatomica solida dei vertebrati
AI overview
A bone is a rigid organ that forms the skeleton in most vertebrate animals and serves multiple vital functions, including protecting internal organs, producing blood cells, storing minerals, and supporting the body's structure. Bones enable movement and hearing while maintaining the body's chemical balance, and they vary widely in shape and size with complex internal and external structures.
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Key facts
- Anatomy.Name
- Bone
- Anatomy.Latin
- os, ossis
- Anatomy.Greek
- ὀστέον (ostéon)
- Anatomy.Image
- Left femur of extinct elephant, Alaska, Ice Age Wellcome L0057714.jpg
- Anatomy.Caption
- A bone dating from the Pleistocene Ice Age of an extinct species of an elephant, possibly a mammoth
- Anatomy.Image2
- Bertazzo S - SEM deproteined bone - wistar rat - x10k.tif
- Anatomy.Caption2
- A scanning electronic micrograph of a Wistar rat's bone at 10,000× magnification
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Research
1,640,389 papers- Bone's mechanostat: a 2003 update.ReviewThe anatomical record. Part A, Discoveries in molecular, cellular, and evolutionary biology · 2003Frost HM
Article · Italiano
Un osso è una parte anatomica solida dei vertebrati; l'insieme delle ossa di un dato animale ne costituisce lo scheletro. È costituito da una matrice extracellulare molto dura e compatta, mineralizzata, e da una componente di cellule, tra cui abbondano gli osteociti.
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