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Diagram illustrating the stages of bone remodeling, showing bone-lining cells, osteoclasts breaking down bone, mononuclear cells, osteoblasts building new bone, osteocytes embedded in bone, and the transition from old to new bone. The Haversian system Internal structure of a human long bone
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Bone remodeling
The ongoing process of synthesis and destruction that gives bone its mature structure...
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The Haversian system
Photomicrograph of a ground section of bone, showing a Haversian system, or osteon,...
Don W. Fawcett, M.D.
Internal structure of a human long bone
A long bone of the human body, showing a magnified cross section of the interior....
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