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  1. bone, osseous tissuenoun

    the porous calcified substance from which bones are made

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  1. osseous tissue

    A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals. Bones protect the various other organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells, store minerals, provide structure and support for the body, and enable mobility. Bones come in a variety of shapes and sizes and have complex internal and external structures. They are lightweight yet strong and hard and serve multiple functions. Bone tissue (osseous tissue), which is also called bone in the uncountable sense of that word, is hard tissue, a type of specialized connective tissue. It has a honeycomb-like matrix internally, which helps to give the bone rigidity. Bone tissue is made up of different types of bone cells. Osteoblasts and osteocytes are involved in the formation and mineralization of bone; osteoclasts are involved in the resorption of bone tissue. Modified (flattened) osteoblasts become the lining cells that form a protective layer on the bone surface. The mineralized matrix of bone tissue has an organic component of mainly collagen called ossein and an inorganic component of bone mineral made up of various salts. Bone tissue is mineralized tissue of two types, cortical bone and cancellous bone. Other types of tissue found in bones include bone marrow, endosteum, periosteum, nerves, blood vessels and cartilage. In the human body at birth, there are approximately 300 bones present; many of these fuse together during development, leaving a total of 206 separate bones in the adult, not counting numerous small sesamoid bones. The largest bone in the body is the femur or thigh-bone, and the smallest is the stapes in the middle ear. The Greek word for bone is ὀστέον ("osteon"), hence the many terms that use it as a prefix—such as osteopathy. In anatomical terminology, including the Terminologia Anatomica international standard, the word for a bone is os (for example, os breve, os longum, os sesamoideum).

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  1. osseous tissue

    Osseous tissue, also known as bone tissue, is a type of connective tissue that provides structural support to the body. It is composed of a hard, dense matrix that contains deposits of calcium salts and collagen fibers, giving it its characteristic strength and rigidity. In addition to supporting body structures, osseous tissue plays vital roles in movement, protection of internal organs, and calcium storage. It also contains and supports bone marrow, the site of blood cell production.

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  1. Osseous tissue

    Osseous tissue, or bone tissue, is the major structural and supportive connective tissue of the body. Osseous tissue forms the rigid part of the bone organs that make up the skeletal system.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of osseous tissue in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of osseous tissue in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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