Quantifying the osteocyte lacunae density in human cortical bone
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Osteocytes are the basic bone cells and are located in lacunae inside the bone matrix. Each osteocyte is connected to its neighbours through tiny channels (canaliculi) with a diameter of less than a micrometer. This osteocyte network plays an important role in mechanically induced adaptive bone remodeling, whereby the individual osteocytes work as mechano-sensors to detect states of local underor overloading.
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