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• Bone — This article is about the skeletal organ. For other uses, see Bone (disambiguation) and Bones (disambiguation). For the tissue, see Osseous tissue. Drawing of a human femur Bones are rigid organs that constitute part of the endoskeleton of… …   Wikipedia

• Dense regular connective tissue — provides connection between different tissues. The collagen fibers in dense regular connective tissue are bundled in a parallel fashion. Structures formed An example of their use is in tendons.[1] Tendons, which connect muscle to bone, derive… …   Wikipedia

• Bone — is the substance that forms the skeleton of the body. It is composed chiefly of calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate. It also serves as a storage area for calcium, playing a large role in calcium balance in the blood. The 206 bones in the body …   Medical dictionary

• Dense connective tissue — Latin textus connectivus compactus Code TH H2.00.03.1.00003 Dense connective tissue, also called dense fibrous tissue, has fibers as its main matrix element. [1] Dense connective tissue is mainly composed of collagen type I. Crowded between the… …   Wikipedia

• Dense Inert Metal Explosive — (DIME) is an experimental type of explosive that has a relatively small but effective blast radius. It is manufactured by producing a homogeneous mixture of an explosive material (such as HMX or RDX) and small particles of a chemically inert… …   Wikipedia

• Dense irregular connective tissue — has fibers that are not arranged in parallel bundles as in dense regular connective tissue. Substances formed This tissue comprises a large portion of the dermis.[1] This type of tissue is also in the protective white layer of the eyeball and in… …   Wikipedia

• Bone bed — A bone bed is any geological stratum or deposit which contains bones of whatever kind. Inevitably, such deposits are sedimentary in nature. Not a formal term, it tends to be used more to describe especially dense collections. It is also applied… …   Wikipedia

• bone — n. the hard extremely dense connective tissue that forms the skeleton of the body. It is composed of a matrix of collagen fibres impregnated with bone salts (chiefly calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate; see hydroxyapatite), in which are… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• compact bone — ▪ anatomy also called  cortical bone   dense bone in which the bony matrix is solidly filled with organic ground substance and inorganic salts, leaving only tiny spaces (lacunae) that contain the osteocytes (osteocyte), or bone cells. Compact… …   Universalium

• Temporal bone — Bone: Temporal bone Cranial bones …   Wikipedia

• Paget's disease of bone — For other diseases named after Paget, see Paget s disease (disambiguation). Paget s disease of bone Classification and external resources This 92 year old male patient presented for assessment of acute hemiparesis. An incidental finding was… …   Wikipedia