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Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Cortical Bone
Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Cortical Bone

Preferred term

Cortical Bone  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Compact Bone
  • Compact Bones
  • Compact Bone Tissue
  • Substantia Compacta

Scope note

  • A type of osseous tissue which makes up the outer layer of bone. It is dense, rigid, strong, and forms concentric lamellar OSTEONS.

History note

  • 2017

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000071538

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