Bone mineral
Scanning electron microscopy
image of bone mineralBone mineral (also called inorganic bone phase, bone salt, or bone apatite) is the
Bone mineral is formed from globular and plate structures[3][4] distributed among the collagen fibrils of bone and forming yet a larger structure. The bone salt and collagen fibers together constitute the extracellular matrix of bone tissue. Often the plural form "bone salts" is used; it reflects the notion of various salts that, on the level of molecular metabolism, can go into the formation of the hydroxyapatite.
Bone mineral is dynamic in living animals; it is continually being
hypo- or hypercalcaemia
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See also
- Ossein, the organic matrix of bone