G. Donald Whedon
Contributor
Medical research consultant. Director, National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, 1962β81.
Primary Contributions (1)
Bone, rigid body tissue consisting of cells embedded in an abundant hard intercellular material. The two principal components of this material, collagen and calcium phosphate, distinguish bone from such other hard tissues as chitin and enamel. Bone tissue makes up the individual bones of the humanβ¦
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