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Osteoclast pit
This image shows a 3D model of the pit caused by the reabsorption of bone by mouse osteoclast cells. There are two types of cells that work together in the formation of bone tissue: osteoblasts and osteoclast cells. The latter actively reabsorbs old or fatigued bone so that the osteoblast cells may replace it with new bone. This is a normal process in the regeneration of bone, however, on the rare…
Creator
- Kevin Mackenzie, University of Aberdeen
Subject
- Bone
- Pits
- Structure
- Bone
Creator
- Kevin Mackenzie, University of Aberdeen
Subject
- Bone
- Pits
- Structure
- Bone
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Kevin Mackenzie, University of Aberdeen
Source
- B0007594
Identifier
- B0007594
- xjanr8nu
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:34:06.127Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:34:06.127Z