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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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1997
1997
Distribution of trabecular and cortical bone related to geometry. A quantitative computed tomography study of the femoral neck.
METHODS The relation between geometry and the distribution of trabecular and cortical bone mass and density in the human femoral… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Early clinical experience with hydroxyapatite-coated femoral implants.
As part of a multi-center study, 238 titanium stems that were proximally coated with hydroxyapatite were implanted in 220… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Bone disease in alcohol abuse.
We evaluated bone disease in eight white men between the ages of 49 and 61 years who had been abusing alcohol for at least 10… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Assessment of bone mineral. Part 2.
A number of different techniques are available to study bone mineral. Those based on radiographs are helpful as an initial… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Arthroplasty with a solid bone graft for protrusio acetabuli.
A high percentage of hips in patients with rheumatoid arthritis presenting for total joint replacement have protrusio deformity… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Patterns of age-related cortical bone loss (osteoporosis) within the femoral diaphysis.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
The reaction of cortical bone to compression by screw threads.
Cortical bone subjected to compression by screw threads retains its integrity and is not resorbed. Screws which generate… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Studies on the protein-bound chondroitin sulphate of bovine cortical bone.
A fraction containing chondroitin sulphate, isolated from bovine cortical bone under mild conditions, was separated by ion… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Some studies on the composition of bovine cortical-bone sialoprotein.
1. An analysis of bovine bone sialoprotein, a homogeneous glycoprotein isolated from cortical bone, is presented. 2. Analytical… 
Review
1964
Review
1964
THE METABOLISM OF BIOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT RADIONUCLIDES. VI. A SURVEY OF THE METABOLISM OF CAESIUM IN MAN.
Present knowledge of the metabolism of caesium in man is reviewed; data on stable caesium in autopsy materials, as well as on… 
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