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Compact bone

Known as: compact substance of bone, Substantia compacta, Compact Bone Tissue 
A type of osseous tissue which makes up the outer layer of bone. It is dense, rigid, strong, and forms concentric lamellar OSTEONS.
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Blood supply aspectsLamellar boneMicrobiologicalProcess of secretion

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Bone and BonesSkeletal bone

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Osteoporosis after spinal cord injury
Review
2002
Review
2002
Current concepts in pediatric bone disease.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Does Leptin Have an Effect on Bone in Adult Women?
Abstract. Recent studies have implicated leptin in the modulation of bone mass during skeletal development. Whether leptin also… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Bone mineralization and bone mineral metabolism in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
OBJECTIVE To identify mechanisms of the osteopenia associated with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) by determining parameters… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Evaluation of the serum stability and in vivo biodistribution of CHX-DTPA and other ligands for yttrium labeling of monoclonal antibodies.
UNLABELLED Serum stability and in vivo biodistribution of both A and B isomers of the 2-(p-isothiocyanatobenzyl) (p-SCN-Bz… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Intracellular regulation of enzyme secretion from rat osteoclasts and evidence for a functional role in bone resorption.
1. Osteoclasts are known to secrete acid phosphatase, an iron‐containing phosphohydrolase. We have investigated (a) the… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
In vivo and in vitro effects of amylin and amylin-amide on calcium metabolism in the rat and rabbit.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Bone mineral content in early-postmenopausal and postmenopausal osteoporotic women: comparison of measurement methods.
To investigate associations among methods for noninvasive measurement of skeletal bone mass, we studied 40 healthy early… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
The measurement of sequential changes in cortical bone geometry.
A method is described whereby the sequential changes occurring in the thickness of the cortices of the metacarpal shafts may be… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
A method of measuring the change in compression applied to living cortical bone.
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