A specialized CONNECTIVE TISSUE that is the main constituent of the SKELETON. The principal cellular component of bone is comprised of OSTEOBLASTS; OSTEOCYTES; and OSTEOCLASTS, while FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS and hydroxyapatite crystals form the BONE MATRIX.
    

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Bone & fat bucket : save them for munitions / Domestic Savings Committee.

Muscles of the leg and foot: four figures. Pencil drawing by J. Mongrédien, ca. 1880.

Muscles of the trunk: four figures, including the ribcage and shoulder. Pencil drawing by A. Mongrédien, ca. 1880.

Sclerodermia and calcinosis, second series

San Gennaro : il miracolo = the miracle / Aldo Caserta, Gastone Lambertini ; [foto, Ciro Colombrino ; traduzione, Thea Theuissen].

Geschichte der Hunsrücker Knochenflickerfamilie Pies : Feldscherer und Chirurgen, Salbenkocher, Heilpraktiker und Ärzte / Eike Pies.

Disease in bone : and its detection by the x-rays / by Edward W.H. Shenton.

Neurofibromatosis and Recklingshausen's disease

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Sclerodermia and calcinosis, second series

San Gennaro : il miracolo = the miracle / Aldo Caserta, Gastone Lambertini ; [foto, Ciro Colombrino ; traduzione, Thea Theuissen].

Geschichte der Hunsrücker Knochenflickerfamilie Pies : Feldscherer und Chirurgen, Salbenkocher, Heilpraktiker und Ärzte / Eike Pies.

Disease in bone : and its detection by the x-rays / by Edward W.H. Shenton.

Neurofibromatosis and Recklingshausen's disease