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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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Review
2002
Review
2002
Current concepts in pediatric bone disease.
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
1993
Highly Cited
1993
A four-year longitudinal study of bone loss in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Micromechanics modeling of Haversian cortical bone properties.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
17 beta estradiol stimulation of endosteal bone formation in the ovariectomized mouse: an animal model for the evaluation of bone-targeted estrogens.
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
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… 
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
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
1963
Highly Cited
1963
Cortical bone atrophy and osteoporosis as a manifestation of aging.
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