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  • noun Plural form of osteocyte.

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Examples

  • Originally proposed as a system for delivering nutrients and removing waste products from bone cells called osteocytes, scientists now recognize fluid flow through this lacuno-canalicular network as providing bone tissue with important mechanical loading information.

    News from The Scientist 2009

  • They had raised a tremendous clamor among young earth creationists late last March when they announced that they had recovered flexible tissues identifiable as blood vessels, blood cells, and osteocytes from a Tyrannosaur rex femur.

    The Panda's Thumb: June 2005 Archives 2005

  • They had raised a tremendous clamor among young earth creationists late last March when they announced that they had recovered flexible tissues identifiable as blood vessels, blood cells, and osteocytes from a Tyrannosaur rex femur.

    That is Ms. T. rex, buster! - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Specifically, they distinguished a certain type of prostaglandin released from bone cells (osteocytes).

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • A second key regulator of bone formation in humans is the secreted protein SOST, which is specifically produced by osteocytes and acts as a negative regulator of osteblast activity

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jochen Schulze et al. 2010

  • Specifically, they distinguished a certain type of prostaglandin released from bone cells (osteocytes).

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Specifically, they distinguished a certain type of prostaglandin released from bone cells (osteocytes).

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • "Maintenance of bone health depends on the osteocytes 'ability to sense the stimulation,"

    U.S. News 2010

  • Feng JQ, Ward LM, Liu S, Lu Y, Xie Y, et al. (2006) Loss of DMP1 causes rickets and osteomalacia and identifies a role for osteocytes in mineral metabolism.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jochen Schulze et al. 2010

  • Poole KE, van Bezooijen RL, Loveridge N, Hamersma H, Papapoulos SE, et al. (2005) Sclerostin is a delayed secreted product of osteocytes that inhibits bone formation.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jochen Schulze et al. 2010

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