Mature Osteoblast

  • Arkhat Abzhanov, Imperial College London
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Mature Osteoblast. Arkhat Abzhanov, Imperial College London. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The mature osteocyte (bone cell) in the artificial three-dimensional culture designed to mimic conditions in the developing embryo. The cell is digitally coloured in red to highlight its surface and branches. Each osteocyte sits in a "cave" called lacuna and lacunae are connected to one another by small canals called canaliculi. The size of the cell is approximately 100 micrometers.

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