| Term: | cranium bone tissue |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | cranium |
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| Synonyms: | cranial skeleton |
| Definition: | Skeletal system that is part of the head, including the splanchnocranium, chondrocranium, and dermatocranium. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000737] |
| Name: | bone tissue |
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| Definition: | Skeletal tissue with a collagen-rich extracellular matrix vascularized, mineralized with hydroxyapatite and typically including osteocytes located in lacunae that communicate with one another by cell processes (in canaliculi). Bone is deposited by osteoblasts. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005621] |