Measurement of osteocytes per unit volume and volume components of osteocytes and canaliculae in man

Frost, Harold M.

Abstract

Using light microscopical techniques it has been determined that osteocyte lacunae average 0.80% and canalicuh 1.48% of vascular-free cortical volume in the long bones of man. There are about 26,100 lacunae/mm³ and the volume of a single osteocyte lacuna average 310 cubic microns.

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