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Meanings of compact bone in English
Hard outer layer of a bone, protecting the bone and the spongey layer, as well as bone marrow.
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Examples for "cortical bone"
Examples for "cortical bone"
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Histomorphometric analysis of cortical bone revealed a significant increase in osteoblast number.
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Patients were divided into two groups based on the cancellous: cortical bone ratio.
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In addition, bone size was normal, but cortical bone strength was impaired.
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UTE-MRI acquires considerable signal from cortical bone and enables quantitative bone evaluations.
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I can tell from the X-rays that her cortical bone is thin.
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Short and irregular bones have no medullary canal, only a thin shell of dense bone filled with cancellous tissue.
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A woman with dense bones will be able to lose some density without developing osteoporosis.
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Our less dense bones, such as our spine and the ends of our long bones, turn over every two to three years.
Usage of compact bone in English
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Swelling, for instance, cannot take place in the centre of compact bone tissue.
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As you might imagine, the spongy bone-withall its holes and slender walls-becomesweak and compromised more quickly than compact bone.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in viscoelastic behavior of compact bone that may be associated with estrogen depletion.
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Osteoblastic expression of the constitutively active PPR induced a dramatic increase in osteoclast number in both trabecular and compact bone in transgenic animals.
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Results between 20.3 and 27.6 GPa were found that match with previously reported values for bovine compact bone.
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The large pastern is a very compact bone, set in an oblique direction downward and forward, and extends from the cannon bone to the coronet.
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Generally, dense and compact bones are known to preserve DNA better.
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"I'm talking about inside the compact bone, not in the marrow cavity."
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"Haversian canals are tiny tubes that run longitudinally down compact bone."