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osteology
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Research
3,377 papers- Neuro-osteology.Critical reviews in oral biology and medicine : an official publication of the American Association of Oral Biologists · 1998
- Osseous fixation pathways in pelvic and acetabular fracture surgery: osteology, radiology, and clinical applications.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2012
- Consensus report of DGI/SEPA/Osteology Workshop.Clinical oral implants research · 2022
- Editorial osteology.Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2012
- [Osteology in the spotlight].Der Internist · 2021
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- archaeology
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- Osteology
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- is the study of
- bone
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Osteology () is the scientific study of bones, practiced by osteologists . A subdiscipline of anatomy, anthropology, archaeology and paleontology, osteology is the detailed study of the structure of bones, skeletal elements, teeth, microbone morphology, function, disease, pathology, the process of ossification from cartilaginous molds, and the resistance and hardness of bones (biophysics).
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