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Osteoblasts

"Osteoblasts" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Bone-forming cells which secrete an EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX. HYDROXYAPATITE crystals are then deposited into the matrix to form bone.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Osteoblasts" by people in this website by year, and whether "Osteoblasts" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 59 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2004 and 2008
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