Compact bone
Medical term · C
Hard, tightly-packed tissue that forms the outer shell of bones. Also called cortical bone or lamellar bone.
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Cortical boneHard, tightly-packed tissue that forms the outer shell of bones. Also called compact bone.
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Lamellar boneHard, dense tissue that forms the outer shell of bones. Also called compact bone.
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TissueA group of cells that are specialized to do a certain job and are joined together to form a body structure, such as muscle or kidney.
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OsteonsThe building blocks of compact bone, the hard, tightly-packed tissue that forms the outer shell of bones.